<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-101" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Division” means the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-102" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>The creation of the Division is based on the findings and policies set forth in this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Each year a large number of individuals have criminal charges placed against them in Baltimore City and remain on pretrial status until these charges are adjudicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Many of the individuals on pretrial status were formerly committed to the Baltimore City Jail.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>There is an important public need to centralize and coordinate the provision of services to individuals on a pretrial status in Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Baltimore City does not have the financial resources to fund a local correctional facility at a level sufficient to meet the needs of those incarcerated.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The State recognizes the need to provide effective and efficient services to the public through management of the pretrial population in Baltimore City.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-201" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Division consists of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a Pretrial Release Services Program;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a centralized booking facility for Baltimore City;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Metropolitan Transition Center;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the Chesapeake Detention Facility; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the Youth Detention Center.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Division has the same authority with regard to the custody of its incarcerated individuals and the operation of the facilities within the Division as:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Division of Correction has under this Code with regard to the custody of its incarcerated individuals and the operation of the Division of Correction; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the sheriffs have under this Code with regard to the detention of incarcerated individuals committed to their custody and the operation of local correctional facilities.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This title does not limit or supersede the authority of a court to determine the conditions of pretrial release.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-202" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services"> <level label="a"> <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint a Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Commissioner serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Commissioner:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has the same authority over the Division as this Code vests in the Commissioner of Correction over the Division of Correction;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>shall keep safely any incarcerated individual committed or transferred to the custody of the Commissioner until the incarcerated individual is discharged in accordance with law;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>is in charge of the Division, subject to the authority of the Secretary;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>is the appointing authority for all employees of the Division;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>shall establish a home detention program under terms and conditions that the Secretary provides;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>may enter agreements with the Commissioner of Correction and governmental units for the housing of any incarcerated individual held in the custody of the Division;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>may enter agreements for the housing of any incarcerated individual committed to federal or local governmental units in a facility within the Division; and</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>may enter other agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner shall establish by regulation the terms and conditions of the home detention program required under subsection (c)(5) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The authority of a court to determine the conditions of pretrial release or to find that a defendant awaiting trial may not be placed on a home detention program may not be limited or superseded by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a regulation of the Division or Department; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Division or the Commissioner.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-203" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services"> <level label="a"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Commissioner shall appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Deputy Commissioner serves at the pleasure of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Deputy Commissioner shall be the acting Commissioner in the absence of the Commissioner.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-301" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Pretrial Release Services Program"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Pretrial Release Services Program in the Division.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Subject to the authority of the Commissioner and in addition to any other duties established by law, the Pretrial Release Services Program shall perform the pretrial release duties formerly performed by the Pretrial Release Services Division of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Pretrial Release Committee, and the Division of Parole and Probation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-302" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Pretrial Release Services Program"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Commissioner shall appoint the Director and Deputy Director of the Pretrial Release Services Program.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Director is the head of the Pretrial Release Services Program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Director and Deputy Director of the Pretrial Release Services Program serve at the pleasure of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Director and Deputy Director are entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-401" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Youth Detention Center in the Division.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Youth Detention Center is a pretrial detention facility for juvenile incarcerated individuals under the age of 18 years who have been charged with a crime as an adult in Baltimore City.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-402" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Commissioner shall appoint a facility administrator of the Youth Detention Center.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The facility administrator serves at the pleasure of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to the authority of the Commissioner and the Secretary, the facility administrator is in charge of the Youth Detention Center.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-403" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>The Commissioner may appoint assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An assistant facility administrator serves at the pleasure of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to the authority of the Commissioner and the Secretary, in the absence of the facility administrator, an assistant facility administrator designated by the facility administrator is in charge of the Youth Detention Center.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-404" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>The Division shall operate a centralized booking facility for Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The centralized booking facility shall include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>pretrial release services;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>District Court Commissioners;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>an Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Baltimore City Police Services.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The centralized booking facility shall be equipped for video bail review.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-405" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>An incarcerated individual in the centralized booking facility who is sick, injured, or disabled shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>reimburse the State, as appropriate, for the payment of medical expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provide the warden with any information relating to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the existence of any health insurance, group health plan, or prepaid medical care coverage under which the incarcerated individual is insured or covered;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the incarcerated individual’s eligibility for benefits under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the name and address of the third party payor; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>any policy or other identifying number relating to items (i) through (iii) of this item.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In addition to obtaining any reimbursement authorized under subsection (a) of this section and subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Department shall establish a reasonable fee, not to exceed $4, for each visit by an incarcerated individual to an institutional medical unit or noninstitutional physician, dentist, or optometrist.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The per visit fee shall be deducted from an incarcerated individual’s spending financial account, reserve financial account, or similar account held by the warden on behalf of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a visit by an incarcerated individual to a medical unit or a physician, dentist, or optometrist if the visit is:</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 centralized booking facility;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the centralized booking facility; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>required for necessary treatment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not impose liability for reimbursement or payment of medical expenses on any person other than an incarcerated individual personally or through a person that provides insurance, coverage, or other benefits described under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="5-406" title_number="5" title_name="Division of Pretrial Detention and Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Baltimore City -- Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>On the recommendation of a health care provider, the facility administrator of the Youth Detention Center and the facility administrator’s designees may authorize medical treatment of a juvenile incarcerated individual when in the judgment of the facility administrator or a designee the treatment is required and a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the juvenile is not available on a timely basis to give the authorization.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The facility administrator or the facility administrator’s designees may not be held liable for authorizing medical treatment under this section in good faith.</text> </level> </section>