<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-101" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <text>There is a Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services established as a principal department of the State government.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-102" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>With the advice and consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary is the head of the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Before taking office, the appointee shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary serves at the pleasure of the Governor and is responsible directly to the Governor.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall advise the Governor on all matters assigned to the Department and is responsible for carrying out the Governor’s policies on public safety, crime prevention, correction, parole, and probation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary is entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-103" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for the operation of the Department and shall establish guidelines and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may establish, reorganize, or abolish areas of responsibility in the office of the Secretary as necessary to fulfill effectively the duties assigned to the Secretary.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-104" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <text>The Secretary shall have a seal.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-105" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint two Deputy Secretaries.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Deputy Secretaries:</text> <level label="1"> <text>serve at the pleasure of the Secretary; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>are entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Deputy Secretaries:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shall assist the Secretary in administering the Department; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>have the other duties provided by law or delegated by the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary shall designate a Deputy Secretary to be the acting Secretary when the Secretary is absent from the State or otherwise unavailable.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If the Secretary is required by law to make an appointment, with the approval of the Governor, to a particular office within the Department and the appointee is required by law to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary, the Secretary may not remove the appointee without first obtaining the Governor’s approval.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-106" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>In accordance with the State budget, the Secretary may employ a staff attached to the office of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may designate a staff assistant to be in charge of a particular area of responsibility in the office of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>The Secretary shall appoint each staff assistant in the office of the Secretary in charge of a particular area of responsibility and each professional consultant.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>An employee specified in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is in the executive service or management service of, or is a special appointment under, the State Personnel Management System; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Unless otherwise provided by law, the Secretary shall appoint and remove all other employees in the office of the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-107" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <text>The Secretary may designate employees of the Department to serve a criminal summons, warrant, or charging document as provided in § 6-309 of the Courts Article.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-108" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>The appointment or removal of personnel by a unit or appointing officer in the Department is subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may delegate the power of approval established under subsection (a) of this section to the head or governing body of the unit.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-109" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Reserve component” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Uniformed services” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Veteran” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations for the office of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary shall review regulations proposed by a unit in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary may approve, disapprove, or revise regulations proposed by a unit in the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall adopt regulations to govern the policies and management of correctional facilities in the Department in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to a guideline pertaining to the routine internal management of correctional facilities in the Division of Correction.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall adopt regulations that provide for a requirement that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a correctional officer hired on or after October 1, 2007, for employment in any unit of the Division of Correction shall be at least 21 years old; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a correctional officer hired on or after October 1, 2008, for employment in any unit of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services or the Patuxent Institution shall be at least 21 years old.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The regulations adopted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall exempt any honorably discharged veteran or honorably discharged reserve component member of the uniformed services from the minimum age requirement.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-110" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for the budget of the office of the Secretary and for the budget of each unit in the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-111" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for planning activities of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may review and approve, disapprove, or revise the plans, proposals, and projects of units in the Department.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-112" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may authorize an evaluation or study of the operation and effectiveness of any unit in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may make the records of any incarcerated individual or unit available to a person who is authorized to conduct an evaluation or study under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A person who obtains a record as provided under this subsection may not transmit by any means the record or any information contained in the record to a person other than the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the evaluation or study shall be:</text> <level label="1"> <text>reported to the Secretary; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>released to the public by the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The evaluation or study may not contain the name of an incarcerated individual unless the incarcerated individual and the Secretary consent.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-113" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary, or the Deputy Secretary with the approval of the Secretary, may exercise any power, duty, responsibility, or function of any unit, unit head, or appointing officer in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary or the Deputy Secretary may not exercise a power, duty, responsibility, or function that is set forth in:</text> <level label="1"> <text>§§ 7–204(b)(2), 7–205(a), and 7–401 of this article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Title 10, Subtitle 3 of this article.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-113.1" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may subpoena, administer an oath to, and examine under oath any person if the Secretary considers it necessary for the effective administration of the Secretary’s duties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who fails to appear before the Secretary or refuses to testify when subpoenaed under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who makes a false statement under oath before the Secretary is guilty of perjury and on conviction is subject to the penalty provided under § 9–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-114" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>To increase efficiency and economy, the Secretary may transfer, assign, or reassign any function, activity, or staff, and the associated funds and equipment, from a unit in the Department to another unit in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A transfer authorized by this section shall be made in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article and the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except for a warden, assistant warden, or a chief of security of a State correctional facility, an employee of the Department may not be transferred or reassigned involuntarily to a work site that is more than 50 miles from the work site to which the employee previously was assigned.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If the transfer of a function or activity under this section renders the name of a unit in the Department misleading or inadequate, the Secretary may, with the Governor’s approval, rename the affected unit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Secretary renames a unit as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit legislation during the next session of the General Assembly to make any necessary conforming changes to the Code.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-115" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <text>In addition to any advisory boards established by law, the Secretary, with the approval of the Governor, may create advisory units or use as an advisory unit any existing commission established by executive order.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-116" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply to a unit in the Department to the extent that the unit is authorized by law to employ its own legal adviser or counsel.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Attorney General is the legal adviser to the Department.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Attorney General shall assign to the Department the number of assistant Attorneys General that are authorized by law for the Department and its units.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Attorney General shall designate one of the assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department as counsel to the Department and may not reassign that individual without consulting with the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The counsel may have no duty other than to give the legal aid, advice, and counsel required by the Secretary or any other official of the Department, to supervise the other assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department, and to perform for the Department the duties that the Attorney General assigns.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The counsel shall perform the duties specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection subject to the control and discretion of the Attorney General.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-117" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the care, control, or supervision of an individual in a State correctional facility, on parole, or on mandatory supervision may be assigned to any employee of the Department who has proper certification from the Maryland Correctional Training Commission.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-118" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Department Established"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to incarcerated individuals in a State correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall assess a reasonable fee not to exceed $4 for each visit by an incarcerated individual to a medical unit, physician, dentist, or optometrist for health care services.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary may not assess a fee for health care services that are:</text> <level label="i"> <text>required as a part of the intake process;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>required for an initial physical examination;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>due to a referral by a nurse or physician’s assistant;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>provided during a follow–up visit that is initiated by a medical professional from the correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>required for necessary treatment; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to implement and collect the fees required by this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-201" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Units in Department"> <text>The following units are in the Department:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Division of Correction;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Division of Parole and Probation;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the Patuxent Institution;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the Board of Review for Patuxent Institution;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>the Correctional Training Commission;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>the Maryland Parole Commission;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>the Emergency Number Systems Board;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>the Sundry Claims Board;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>the Inmate Grievance Office; and</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>any other unit that by law is declared to be part of the Department.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-401" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Mutual Aid Agreements"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>“Correctional unit” means a unit of Maryland State or local government that is directly responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals committed to the custody of the unit for the commission or alleged commission of a crime or an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Correctional unit” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Department of Juvenile Services; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the office of the sheriff of a county or other unit of government with responsibility for operating a local correctional facility or county detention center.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Mutual aid agreement” means a written agreement to establish and carry out a plan to assist in providing temporary services to alleviate an emergency situation at a facility operated by a correctional unit.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-402" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Mutual Aid Agreements"> <text>This subtitle shall be liberally construed in order to effect its purpose to provide mutual aid to a correctional unit during a time of need.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-403" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Mutual Aid Agreements"> <level label="a"> <text>A correctional unit may enter into or renew a mutual aid agreement with any other correctional unit in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a mutual aid agreement may provide that a party that requests assistance under the mutual aid agreement indemnifies and holds harmless a party that provides assistance under the mutual aid agreement from any claim by a third party for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful death that arises out of the mutual aid activities, including travel, of the party that provides assistance outside of the party’s own jurisdiction.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The party that requests assistance need not indemnify the party that provides assistance if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the party that provides assistance does not cooperate in defending against a claim made by a third party; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the claim by a third party arises out of a malicious act of the party that provides assistance.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each mutual aid agreement shall provide that each party to the mutual aid agreement shall waive any and all claims against all other parties to the mutual aid agreement if the claim arises out of the activities of a party that occur outside its own jurisdiction under the mutual aid agreement.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-404" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Mutual Aid Agreements"> <text>At the request of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Secretary of Juvenile Services, or the head of any correctional unit, a staff person of a correctional unit who has been trained and certified by the Correctional Training Commission in the care, custody, and control of individuals may function at the location in need under a mutual aid agreement.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-405" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Mutual Aid Agreements"> <text>For the purpose of a workers’ compensation law or benefit or other law or benefit that would apply or accrue to an individual who is performing a service anywhere for a correctional unit under a mutual aid agreement, the individual is considered to have performed that service in the course of employment and in the line of duty.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-406" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Mutual Aid Agreements"> <text>Necessary expenditures for the purposes of this subtitle shall be made out of any State or local appropriations usually available to a correctional unit.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-501" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Ballot Drop Box"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Baltimore City centralized booking facility” means the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City that is operated by the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Election–related materials” means documents and other items associated with the registering for and voting in an election, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>absentee ballot applications;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>absentee ballots; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>voter registration applications.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Eligible voter” means an individual who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is incarcerated at the Baltimore City centralized booking facility; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has the right to vote under State law.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Baltimore City centralized booking facility shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>provide a secure, designated ballot drop box from the State Board of Elections to eligible voters so that they may easily submit the following election–related materials to the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections:</text> <level label="i"> <text>absentee ballot applications;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>absentee ballots; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>voter registration forms;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>monitor the ballot drop box provided under item (1) of this subsection 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>disseminate written notifications directly to each eligible voter on how and when to use the ballot drop box provided under item (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The State Board of Elections shall provide the Baltimore City centralized booking facility with:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the ballot drop box and written notification materials to disseminate to eligible voters under subsection (b) of this section; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>advice and guidance in carrying out the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The State shall pay for the ballot drop box.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Baltimore City centralized booking facility shall cooperate fully with the State Board of Elections in implementing the requirements of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-601" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Voting Rights of Released Individuals"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>provide each individual who is released from a correctional facility with a voter registration application and documentation with the individual’s discharge papers that informs the individual that the individual’s voting rights have been restored;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>display a sign in each parole and probation office, in a conspicuous location where notices to the public are customarily posted, indicating that any individual who is no longer incarcerated has the right to vote; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>post a notice, in a conspicuous location on the Department’s website, indicating that any individual who is no longer incarcerated has the right to vote.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-701" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Federal Pell Grants Access and Postsecondary Education Program Tracking Systems"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In order to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants, the Department shall consult with institutions of higher education, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>all University System of Maryland institutions;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Morgan State University;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Anne Arundel Community College;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Hagerstown Community College;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Wor–Wic Community College; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Goucher College.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="2-702" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Federal Pell Grants Access and Postsecondary Education Program Tracking Systems"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only with respect to postsecondary education programs in a correctional institution in the Division of Correction in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>set goals for the number of incarcerated individuals in postsecondary education programs;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>establish a tracking system for the number of incarcerated individuals in postsecondary education programs;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>establish a tracking system for the progress of incarcerated individuals in postsecondary education programs, including the number of college credits that each incarcerated individual earns in an approved college program; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>forward, at an agreed–on interval, the tracking data for the number of college credits that each incarcerated individual earns in an approved college program to the Maryland Higher Education Commission.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Maryland Higher Education Commission shall assist the Department in creating the tracking systems under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>For each fiscal year, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation in an amount sufficient for the Department to use for marketing for postsecondary education programs to incarcerated individuals and for the tracking systems for postsecondary education programs.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text> </level> </section>