Ch. 264                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d). (1) The director shall submit an annual report to the Secretary and to the
Governor.

(2)     The annual report shall contain:

(i) The information described in Article 27, § 678 of the Code;

(ii) The total number of eligible and noneligible persons evaluated at
the Institution;

(iii) The decisions of the board of review to grant leave to eligible
persons;                                                                   

(iv) The total number of rearrests, reconvictions, reincarcerations, and
parole violations of persons formerly incarcerated at the Patuxent Institution;

(v) The total number of eligible persons incarcerated at the Patuxent
Institution who are returned to the Division of Correction for major violations of the
Institution's disciplinary rules;

(vi) Information on the type of major violation necessitating the
person's transfer to the Division of Correction described in subparagraph (v) of this
paragraph; and                                                                     

(vii) Information on education programs and community reentry
activities.

(3)      The Department shall adopt and publish regulations regarding the
annual report required under this subsection.

4A.

(a)      The Secretary shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of
this article.

(b)     Notwithstanding the provisions of § 10-101(e)(2)(i) of the State Government
Article, the regulations adopted under this section, other than regulations pertaining only
to routine internal management of the Institution, shall comply with the Administrative
Procedure Act.

(c)      Regulations adopted under this section by the Secretary in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act shall include regulations:

(1)      Governing criteria to determine eligibility for referral of an inmate to
the Institution;

(2)      Governing leave, work release, and parole from the Institution; and

(3)      Establishing with specificity major violations of the Institution's
disciplinary rules.

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