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VETOES

to procedural due process for. involuntary admissions at
Veterans Administration Hospitals in this State.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 10-631(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 10-631(b)(l) and 10-632(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

10-631.

(a)  The Administration shall prepare and provide each
facility with standard forms that provide, in clear and simple
words, at least the following information:

(1)  Notice of the admission of the individual;

(2)  The right of the individual to consult with a
lawyer that the individual chooses;

(3)  The availability of the services of the legal aid
bureaus, lawyer referral services, and other agencies that exist
for the referral of individuals who need legal counsel;

(4)  The right of the individual to call or write a
lawyer or a referral agency or to have someone do so on behalf of
the individual; and

(5)  In substance:

(i) Those provisions of this subtitle under
which the individual is admitted;

(ii) The provisions of this section; and

(iii) The provisions of Subtitle 7 of this
title.

(b)  (1) Within 12 hours after initial confinement of an
individual to any facility OR A VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL,