# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 10. Mental Health Law

### Subtitle 4. State Facilities

#### Section 10-424

The Center shall:

(1) Be maintained as a State facility for psychiatric research;

(2) Direct its programs toward prevention, discovery of causes, and treatment of mental disorders and allied conditions; and

(3) Perform the research programs under the written agreements that the Department and the Department of Psychiatry make.

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