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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="6-117" title_number="6" title_name="Parole and Probation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Division of Parole and Probation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Abatement” means an end to active supervision or home detention of a supervised individual, without effect on the legal expiration date of the case or the supervised individual’s obligation to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>obey all laws; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>obtain written permission from the Division of Parole and Probation before relocating the supervised individual’s residence outside the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Earned compliance credit” means a 20–day reduction from the period of active supervision or home detention of the supervised individual for every month that a supervised individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>exhibits compliance with the conditions and goals of the supervised individual’s probation, parole, or mandatory release supervision, as determined by the Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has no new arrests;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has not violated any conditions of no contact imposed on the supervised individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>except for a monthly supervision fee imposed under § 7–702 of this article or § 6–226 of the Criminal Procedure Article, is current on court ordered payments for restitution, fines, and fees relating to the offense for which earned compliance credits are being accrued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>is current in completing any community supervision requirements included in the conditions of the supervised individual’s probation, parole, or mandatory release supervision; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>if applicable, has been compliant with any supervision requirements of a private home detention monitoring agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Home detention” means monitoring by a private home detention monitoring agency licensed under Title 20, Subtitle 1 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Supervised individual” means an individual placed on probation by a court or serving a period of parole or mandatory release supervision after release from a correctional facility.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Supervised individual” includes an individual being monitored by a private home detention monitoring agency as a condition of probation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>“Supervised individual” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a person incarcerated, on probation, or convicted in this State for a crime of violence;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a person incarcerated, on probation, or convicted in this State for a crime under Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a person incarcerated, on probation, or convicted in this State for a violation of § 2–503, §§ 5–612 through 5–614, § 5–627, or § 5–628 of the Criminal Law Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a person registered or eligible for registration under Title 11, Subtitle 7 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>a person who was convicted in any other jurisdiction of a crime and the person’s supervision was transferred to this State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>a person who was convicted in this State of a crime and the person’s supervision was transferred to another state.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish a program to implement earned compliance credits; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt policies and procedures to implement the program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other law, the Maryland Parole Commission or the court shall adjust the period of a supervised individual’s supervision or home detention on the recommendation of the Division of Parole and Probation for earned compliance credits accrued under a program created under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Once a combination of time served on probation, parole, or mandatory supervision, and earned compliance credits satisfy the supervised individual’s active term of supervision or home detention, the Division shall place the individual on abatement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Division shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide regular notification to a supervised individual of the tentative abatement transfer date; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>develop policies for notifying a supervised individual of change to the abatement transfer date.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>At least 90 days before the date of transfer to abatement, the Division shall notify the Commission or the court of the impending transfer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A supervised individual whose period of active supervision or home detention has been completely reduced as a result of earned compliance credits shall remain on abatement until the expiration of the supervised individual’s sentence, unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the supervised individual consents to continued active supervision or home detention; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the supervised individual violates a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory release supervision including failure to pay a required payment of restitution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A supervised individual who is placed on abatement under this section may not be required to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>regularly report to a parole or probation agent; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pay a supervision fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>If a supervised individual violates a condition of probation while on abatement, a court may order the supervised individual to be returned to active supervision or home detention.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Twenty–five percent of the savings realized by the Department as a result of the application of earned compliance credits shall revert to the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the savings revert to the Department in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, any remaining savings shall revert to the Performance Incentive Grant Fund established under § 9–3209 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>This section may not be construed to limit the authority of a court or the Parole Commission to extend probation, parole, or mandatory release supervision under § 6–222 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Department shall develop an automated application for the tracking and awarding of earned compliance credits by the Division.</text>
  </level>
</section>
