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§ 13-4204. Multiyear strategic plan

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: July 1, 2021

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 13. Miscellaneous Health Care Programs (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 42. Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2021
MD Code, Health - General, § 13-4204
§ 13-4204. Multiyear strategic plan
Currentness
In general
(a) On or before December 1 each year, beginning in 2022, the Center shall produce and update a multiyear strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the report of the annual State Sequential Intercept Model Summit.
Contents of plan
(b) The strategic plan shall include:
(1) A plan for formal, consistent, appropriate, and coordinated behavioral health screening processes that are properly applied at jail booking, including expanded behavioral health screening for veterans;
(2) Recommendations for the coordination of behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives with related State health initiatives;
(3) Recommendations for investment in preventive services systems including:
(i) Assertive community treatment;
(ii) Crisis response services;
(iii) Harm reduction strategies; and
(iv) Other preventive services for individuals with behavioral health disorders;
(4) An expansion of the use of technology and data analysis across the behavioral health, public safety, and criminal justice systems in accordance with the purposes of the Center;
(5) A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and
(6) A racial impact analysis.
Considerations in developing plan
(c) In developing the strategic plan, the Center shall consider:
(1) Opportunities for the provision of pre-crisis-to-recovery services to individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system;
(2) The availability of housing options for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system; and
(3) The availability of transportation for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.

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Added by Acts 2021, c. 68, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 69, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
MD Code, Health - General, § 13-4204, MD HEALTH GEN § 13-4204
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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