# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 10. Mental Health Law

### Subtitle 14. Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System

#### Section 10-1401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Administration" means the Behavioral Health Administration.

(c) "Core service agency" has the meaning stated in Sec. 7.5-101 of this article.

(d) "Crisis Response System" means the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System.

(e) "Family support services" has the meaning stated in Sec. 7.5-101 of this article.

(f) "Local behavioral health authority" has the meaning stated in Sec. 7.5-101 of this article.

(g) "Mobile crisis team" means a team established by the local behavioral health authority that:

  (1) Operates 24 hours a day and 7 days a week to provide assessments, crisis intervention, stabilization, follow-up, and referral to urgent care and to arrange appointments for individuals to obtain behavioral health services;

  (2) Incorporates nationally recognized standards and best practices; and

  (3) Prioritizes:

    (i) Providing connection to services and coordinating patient follow-up, including peer support and family support services after stabilization;

    (ii) Serving all members of the immediate community with cultural competency and appropriate language access; and

    (iii) Limiting the interaction of law enforcement with individuals in crisis.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)