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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-621" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Admission Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>At least once a year, the Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Publish a list of emergency facilities and their addresses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Give the list to each health department, judge of a court, sheriff’s office, police station, local behavioral health authority, and Secret Service office in this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The list published under subsection (a)(1) of this section may include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Comprehensive crisis response centers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Crisis stabilization centers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Crisis treatment centers established under § 7.5–207 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Outpatient mental health clinics.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before including a facility under subsection (b) of this section in the list of emergency facilities, the Department shall consult with stakeholders to develop a model program structure that ensures that a program wishing to serve as an emergency facility:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is adequately staffed to provide 24–hour emergency petition services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provides the necessary services required for an emergency petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has written procedures in place that provide for involuntary admissions, through an emergency petition, including to a licensed hospital, as necessary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Provides additional support to respect the due process rights of patients received through the emergency petition process; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Complies with additional procedures as otherwise determined by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before September 30 each year, the Department shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The number of facilities that have sought to be designated an emergency facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The number of the facilities reported under item (1) of this subsection that have attempted to meet the model facility standards developed under subsection (c) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The progress of the facilities reported under item (2) of this subsection toward meeting the model facility standards;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The development of collaborative models between State, local, and private entities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Whether the Department, in consultation with stakeholders, has determined that any changes to the model facility standards are necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
