WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 170

[(f)] (G) (1) This section may not be construed to limit the admissibility of a
statement under any other applicable hearsay exception or rule of evidence.

(2) This section may not be construed to prohibit the court in a [CINA]
JUVENILE COURT proceeding from hearing testimony in the judge's chambers.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of this Act or
the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a court
of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any other
application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,
and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared severable.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 170
(Senate Bill 361)

AN ACT concerning

Mental Hygiene Administration - Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center
Citizens Advisory Board

FOR the purpose of altering the number of members of the Citizens Advisory Board for
the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center; specifying the terms of the members of the
Board; and generally relating to the membership of the Citizens Advisory Board for
the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 10-411(a)(l) and (c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Health - General

10-411.

(a) (1) (i) Except for the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, the Crownsville
Hospital Center, the Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Prince George's
County, [and] the Spring Grove Hospital Center, AND THE CLIFTON T. PERKINS
HOSPITAL CENTER, each Board consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor.

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