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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="4-301" title_number="4" title_name="Patuxent Institution" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Remediation Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Director may request that the Commissioner refer an incarcerated individual to the Institution for evaluation as to whether the incarcerated individual is an eligible person if the incarcerated individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is serving a sentence of imprisonment following conviction of a crime;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has more than 3 years remaining to serve on a sentence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has not been evaluated by or confined at the Institution within the preceding 3 years;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is not disqualified from being an eligible person under § 4–101(e)(2) of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>meets the eligibility criteria that the Secretary establishes under § 4–208(b) of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The request that the Commissioner refer an incarcerated individual to the Institution shall be based:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on recommendation of the sentencing court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on application by the incarcerated individual or the State’s Attorney of the county in which the incarcerated individual was last convicted; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>on the Commissioner’s own initiative.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner shall promptly refer any incarcerated individual requested for evaluation by the Director unless the Commissioner determines that such a referral will constitute a security risk.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 6 months after an incarcerated individual is referred to the Institution, an evaluation team shall examine the incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before proceeding with the examination, the evaluation team shall assemble and review all available and relevant information about the incarcerated individual provided for in § 4–209 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Based on the information reviewed under subsection (b)(2) of this section and an examination of the incarcerated individual, the evaluation team shall determine whether, in the opinion of a majority of the team, the incarcerated individual is an eligible person.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The evaluation team shall submit to the Director a written report that states its findings.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The report shall state in detail the reasoning supporting the team’s conclusion with respect to each of the criteria for an eligible person set forth in § 4–101(e) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
