§ 10-207. Updates to State Mental Health Plan
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: October 1, 2015
Effective: October 1, 2015
MD Code, Health - General, § 10-207
§ 10-207. Updates to State Mental Health Plan
(a) By January 1, 1992, within existing resources, the Director shall update the current Mental Hygiene Administration 3-year plan for mental health, which was submitted to the federal government in response to § 1925 of the Public Health Service Act,1 in order to plan for those individuals who:
(b)(1) On or after October 1, 1993, within existing resources and in concert with local core service agencies or local behavioral health authorities, the Director shall prepare a comprehensive mental health plan which identifies the needs of all individuals who have a serious mental disorder and who are targeted for services in the “Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plan” submitted by the State to the federal government in accordance with § 1925 of the Public Health Service Act.
(ii) Plan for those individuals who have a serious mental disorder, including those who are presently not being served by the public mental health system, those who are homeless, and those children, adults, and elderly individuals living without services in the community with their families or on their own who are at risk of further institutionalization;
(vi) Plan for the extent of the need for additional community-based support services, including rehabilitation, clinical treatment, case management, crisis and emergency services, mobile treatment, in-home intervention services, school-based, after-school services, respite and family support services, and vocational services in order to implement the orderly transfer of institutionalized individuals who can live in the community and to serve those individuals presently in the community who are now underserved or unserved and at risk of institutionalization;
Credits
Added by Acts 1991, c. 437, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1992, c. 22, § 1, eff. April 7, 1992; Acts 1997, c. 635, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 636, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2000, c. 61, § 7, eff. April 25, 2000; Acts 2015, c. 58, § 1, eff. June 1, 2015; Acts 2015, c. 469, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.
Footnotes
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, 58 Stat. 682, codified at 42 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.
MD Code, Health - General, § 10-207, MD HEALTH GEN § 10-207
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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