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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-812" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Release and Transfers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Developmental Disabilities Administration shall determine whether transfer to a program for individuals with developmental disability is appropriate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Behavioral Health Administration; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Developmental Disabilities Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Director of the Behavioral Health Administration shall give an individual the opportunity for a hearing on the proposed transfer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
