PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 407

(ii) The sentence for escape from a facility designated in this
paragraph that does not involve an assault may not exceed confinement for 3 years.

(3) If any individual escapes from a facility of the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene after commitment as incompetent to stand trial or not criminally
responsible, the individual is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to confinement
in the State penitentiary or a jail or house of correction for a period not exceeding 10
years.

399.

(a) This section does not limit the powers of:

(1)     The Social Services Administration of the Department of Human
Resources under Title 5, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article; or

(2)     The Department of Juvenile [Services] JUSTICE under Article 83C.
726A.

(e)     The community service program:

(1)     For adults, shall be administered either locally or within their respective
jurisdictions by the Division of Parole and Probation; or

(2)     For juveniles, shall be administered either locally or within their
respective jurisdictions by the Department of Juvenile [Services] JUSTICE.

(f)     A county or Baltimore City may elect to have a local community service
program monitored by the Division of Parole and Probation, the Department of Juvenile
[Services] JUSTICE, or by the county or Baltimore City.

(h) (1) A county or Baltimore City shall report to the administering agency at
the times and in the manner the administering agency determines.

(2) Locally administered and State administered programs shall supply to
the Division of Parole and Probation and/or the Department of Juvenile [Services]
JUSTICE in their respective jurisdictions annual statistical data to be prepared in separate
reports to the Administrative Office of the Courts.

(i) (1) Any public or private agency that requests the assignment of a
community service worker is responsible for supervising the worker.

(2)     Any public or private agency must accept the assignment of a community
service worker on the terms and conditions imposed by the court.

(3)     Any public or private agency may report the unsuitability of a
community service worker to the court. If a worker is reported to be unsuitable, the court
shall remove the worker from a project and, after considering all the facts and
circumstances, may reassign the worker or take other action allowed by law.

(4)     Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the authority
of the court to direct any juvenile or any defendant in a criminal case to make restitution
to the victim of a particular crime or to perform certain services for the victim as an

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