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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="3-120" title_number="3" title_name="Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility in Criminal Cases" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If at any time the Health Department considers that a committed person is eligible for conditional release, the Health Department may apply for the conditional release to the court that committed the person.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Health Department shall send a copy of the application for conditional release:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the committed person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to counsel for the committed person; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to the State’s Attorney, by certified mail, return receipt requested.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 30 days after receipt of the application from the Health Department, the court shall issue an order that is in accordance with § 3–114 of this title for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>continued commitment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conditional release under the conditions it imposes after giving consideration to the recommendations of specific conditions from the Health Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the court orders a conditional release of the committed person under this section, the committed person, the State’s Attorney, or the Health Department may apply for a revocation, change, or extension under § 3–122 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An appeal from a District Court order shall be on the record in circuit court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An appeal from a circuit court order shall be by application for leave to appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
