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Ch. 172
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(16) AN ADEQUATE ALLOWANCE OF NEAT; CLEAN, AND
SEASONABLE PERSONAL CLOTHING IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE
THE CLOTHING;
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(17) ADAPTIVE DEVICES INCLUDING EYEGLASSES, HEALING AIDS,
DENTURES, WALKERS, WHEELCHAIRS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES; AND
(18) FOOD THAT IS NUTRITIOUS AND APPETIZING.
(B) THE RIGHTS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE MAY NOT BE LIMITED BY
A PRIVILEGE LEVEL SYSTEM USED BY A FACILITY.
(C) (1) IN ADDITION TO ANY INTERNAL COMPLAINT MECHANISM THE
FACILITY HAS, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY FILE A CIVIL COMPLAINT, INCLUDING A REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
(2) AN ACTION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE BROUGHT BY AN
INDIVIDUAL, GUARDIAN, OR PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF SIMILARLY SITUATED INDIVIDUALS.
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(3) A COMPLAINANT GRANTED INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
AWARDED REASONABLE COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, April 24, 2007.
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CHAPTER 173
(House Bill 640)
AN ACT concerning
Mental Hygiene Facilities - Patient Rights
FOR the purpose of altering the requirement that individuals in certain facilities be
free from certain restraints and seclusions; establishing that individuals in
certain facilities be free from certain physical restraints and holds; establishing
certain rights for individuals in certain State operated psychiatric facilities;
providing that the rights established in a certain subtitle may not be limited by
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