Ch. 264                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

10.                                                                        .

(a)     Subject to § 11A of this article, persons transferred to the Institution for
treatment are eligible for the work release and leave of absence programs provided for in
§§ 700A through 700D-1 of Article 27 of the Code. The functions of the warden [or
superintendent] and the Commissioner under those sections shall be performed by the
board of review with respect to persons confined in the Institution.

(b)     (1) The board of review may not grant an eligible person work release or
leave under this section until it provides by mail written notice to the victim that it intends
to decide whether to grant work release or leave to the eligible person.

(2)     The board of review shall give the victim a reasonable opportunity to
comment in writing on work release or leave before the board of review decides whether
to grant work release or leave status to an eligible person.

(3)     The board of review shall promptly notify the victim of the decision of
the board of review regarding leave or work release.

(4)     The victim may designate, in writing to the board of review, the name
and address of a representative, who is a resident of this State, to receive notice for the
victim.

(5)     The board of review shall delete the victim's address and phone number
before examination of any document by the eligible person or the eligible person's
representative.

11.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

(a)     A person confined at the Institution shall be released upon expiration of [his]
sentence in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as if [he] THE PERSON
were being released from a correctional facility. The director shall notify the
Commissioner 30 days prior to the release.

(b)     After transfer of a person to the Institution for treatment as an eligible person
but prior to the expiration of the person's sentence, the board of review, upon review of
the person may take the' following action:

(1)     If the board of review concludes that the person is no longer an eligible
person but should remain confined until released on parole in accordance with normal
Parole Commission standards or expiration of [his] sentence or the inmate requests a
transfer in writing, the director shall notify the Commissioner and send him a copy of the
evaluation team's report. Within 90 days after that notice, the person shall be delivered to
the appropriate correctional facility designated by the Commissioner. This transfer shall
not affect any right to parole consideration that the person may then have.

(2)     If the board of review concludes that (i) it will not impose an
unreasonable risk on society; and (ii) it will assist in the [treatment and rehabilitation]
REMEDIATION of the eligible person, it may grant a parole from the Institution for a
period not exceeding one year.

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