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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="9-602.2" title_number="9" title_name="State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Whenever an incarcerated individual dies in a Division of Correction facility, the Commissioner of Correction shall notify the following persons:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State delegates and State senator representing the legislative district where the facility is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the legislative body of the county where the facility is located or the Baltimore City Council, if the facility is located in Baltimore City; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the chief executive of the county where the facility is located or the Mayor of Baltimore City, if the facility is located in Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The notification required under subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall include the cause of death of the deceased incarcerated individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not include protected health information of the deceased incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
