# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 10. Mental Health Law

### Subtitle 8. Release and Transfers

#### Section 10-812

(a) The Behavioral Health Administration may ask the Developmental Disabilities Administration to accept primary responsibility for an individual in or eligible for admission to a mental health residential facility, if the Behavioral Health Administration finds that the individual would be provided for more appropriately in a program for individuals with developmental disability.

(b) The Developmental Disabilities Administration shall determine whether transfer to a program for individuals with developmental disability is appropriate.

(c) A dispute over a transfer of an individual from the Behavioral Health Administration to the Developmental Disabilities Administration shall be resolved, in accordance with procedures that the Secretary sets, on request of:

  (1) The Behavioral Health Administration; or

  (2) The Developmental Disabilities Administration.

(d) The Director of the Behavioral Health Administration shall give an individual the opportunity for a hearing on the proposed transfer.

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