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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-1401" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Administration” means the Behavioral Health Administration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Core service agency” has the meaning stated in § 7.5–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Crisis Response System” means the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Family support services” has the meaning stated in § 7.5–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Local behavioral health authority” has the meaning stated in § 7.5–101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Mobile crisis team” means a team established by the local behavioral health authority that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Incorporates nationally recognized standards and best practices; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Prioritizes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Providing connection to services and coordinating patient follow–up, including peer support and family support services after stabilization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Serving all members of the immediate community with cultural competency and appropriate language access; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Limiting the interaction of law enforcement with individuals in crisis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
