WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 264

(g) "Evaluation team" means a team of at least three professional employees of
the Institution, one of whom shall be a social worker [or behavioral scientist], one a
psychologist, and one a psychiatrist.

(h) "Institution" means the Patuxent Institution.

(I) "REMEDIATION" MEANS AN IDENTIFICATION OF TREATMENT FOR
SPECIFIC AREAS OF MENTAL AND SOCIAL DEFICIENCIES WHICH ARE HIGHLY
RELATED TO CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

[(i)] (J) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services.

[(j)] (K) "Victim" means:

(1)      A person who suffers personal physical injury or death as a direct result
of a crime; or

(2)     If the victim is deceased, a designated family member of the victim.
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(a)     The Patuxent Institution is created and continued as part of the Department.

(b)     The purpose of the Institution is to provide [efficient and adequate]
REMEDIATION programs and services [for treatment with the goal of rehabilitation of
eligible persons. This] TO YOUTHFUL ELIGIBLE PERSONS WHICH shall include a range
of program alternatives indicated by the current state of knowledge to be appropriate and
effective for the population being served. As an integral part of the program an effective
[research and development effort should] RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRAINING
EFFORT WILL be established and maintained to evaluate and recommend improvements
on an [on-going] ONGOING basis.

(C) THE ELIGIBLE PERSON REMEDIATION PROGRAM MAY CONSIST OF NO
MORE THAN 350 ELIGIBLE PERSONS. THE INSTITUTION MAY PROVIDE OTHER
REMEDIATION PROGRAMS AS DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY.

The Governor shall appoint a Citizen's Advisory Board, based on recommendations
of the Secretary, to advise the director and the Secretary with respect to the operation
and programs of the Institution.

(a)     The director is the chief administrative officer of the Institution.

(b)     The director shall be a trained and competent administrator. The director
shall be appointed by the Secretary, shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary, and shall
receive the salary provided in the State budget.

(c)      Subject to the authority of the Secretary [and the board of review], the
director has the authority necessary to [enable the director to] manage and supervise the
Institution and to implement its programs and services.

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