§ 9-612. Medication supplied on release
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCorrectional ServicesEffective: October 1, 2023
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 9-612
§ 9-612. Medication supplied on release
(a) The Department or the managing official of a local correctional facility shall provide an incarcerated individual who has been sentenced to a term of incarceration in the Division of Correction or a term of at least 60 days in a local correctional facility and who has been diagnosed with a mental illness with access to a 30-day supply of medication for the mental illness on the release of the incarcerated individual.
(c) Part of the 30-day supply of medication provided under subsection (a) of this section may be provided by prescription if the incarcerated individual is provided sufficient medication on release that enables the incarcerated individual to remain medication-compliant until additional medication becomes available from filling the prescription.
(e) The Department, an employee of the Department, a local correctional facility, an employee of a local correctional facility, or an agent of the Department or local correctional facility, including a physician or corporate entity providing medical services to incarcerated individuals on behalf of the Department or local correctional facility, may not be held liable under this section for issuing medication or a prescription for medication to an incarcerated individual on the incarcerated individual's release notwithstanding that the released incarcerated individual:
Credits
Added by Acts 2007, c. 595, § 1, eff. June 1, 2007. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 348, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 9-612, MD CORR SERV § 9-612
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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