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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="3-121" title_number="3" title_name="Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility in Criminal Cases" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the State’s Attorney receives a report that alleges that a committed person has violated a condition of a conditional release, or if the State’s Attorney is notified by the court or Health Department under subsection (b) of this section, the State’s Attorney shall determine whether there is a factual basis for the complaint.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the State’s Attorney determines that there is no factual basis for the complaint, the State’s Attorney shall notify the person who made the report and take no further action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the State’s Attorney determines that there is a factual basis to believe that the committed person has violated the terms of a conditional release and believes further action by the court is necessary, the State’s Attorney promptly shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the Health Department of the alleged violation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>file with the court a petition for revocation or modification of conditional release and send a copy of the petition to the Health Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a court receives a report that alleges that a committed person has violated a condition of a conditional release, the court promptly shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Health Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>counsel of record for the committed person; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the State’s Attorney; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the State’s Attorney with the name, address, and telephone number of the person who reported the violation and a copy of the order for conditional release.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Health Department receives a report that alleges that a committed person has violated conditional release, the Department shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the court;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>counsel of record for the committed person; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the State’s Attorney; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the State’s Attorney with the name, address, and telephone number of the person who reported the violation and a copy of the order for conditional release.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The petition for revocation or modification of a conditional release shall contain:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a statement that the committed person has violated a term of a conditional release and that there is therefore reason to believe that the committed person no longer meets the criteria for eligibility for conditional release;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a statement of the conditions violated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the factual basis for the statements in items (1) and (2) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the most recent evaluation report on the committed person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the designation by the Health Department of the facility to receive the returned committed person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the court’s review of the petition determines that there is no probable cause to believe that the committed person has violated a conditional release, the court shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>note the determination on the petition and file it in the court file on the committed person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>notify the State’s Attorney, the Health Department, and the person who reported the violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If the court’s review of the petition determines that there is probable cause to believe that the committed person has violated a conditional release, the court promptly shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue a hospital warrant for the committed person and direct that on execution the committed person shall be transported to the facility designated by the Health Department; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>send a copy of the hospital warrant and the petition to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State’s Attorney;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Public Defender;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the counsel of record for the committed person;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the person who reported the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Office; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Health Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Within 10 days after the committed person is returned to the Health Department in accordance with the hospital warrant, the Office shall hold a hearing unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the hearing is postponed or waived by agreement of the parties; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Office postpones the hearing for good cause shown.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>At the hearing on revocation or modification:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the committed person is entitled to be represented by counsel including, if the committed person is indigent, the Public Defender or designee of the Public Defender;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the committed person, Health Department, and State’s Attorney are entitled to offer evidence, to cross–examine adverse witnesses, and to exercise any other rights that the Office considers necessary for a fair hearing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Office shall find:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>whether, by a preponderance of the evidence, the State has proved that the committed person violated conditional release; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whether, by a preponderance of the evidence, the committed person nevertheless has proved eligibility for conditional release.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Office promptly shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>send a report of the hearing and determination to the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>send copies of the report to the committed person, counsel for the committed person, the State’s Attorney, and the Health Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 5 days after receipt of the report of the Office, the committed person, the State’s Attorney, or the Health Department may file exceptions to the determination of the Office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>After the court considers the report of the Office, the evidence, and any exceptions filed, within 10 days after the court receives the report, the court shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>revoke the conditional release and order the committed person returned to the facility designated by the Health Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>modify the conditional release as required by the evidence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>continue the present conditions of release; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>extend the conditional release by an additional term of 5 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The court shall notify the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the issuance of any hospital warrant and any revocation it orders under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <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>
