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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4203" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="42" subtitle_name="Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The activities of the Center shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Strategic planning;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Technical assistance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>State and local government coordination; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Facilitating the provision of train–the–trainer courses for the Sequential Intercept Model for completion in 2021 in partnership with the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, with the goal of training 50 individuals in the State as facilitators.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Center shall provide technical assistance to local governments for the purposes of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Sharing best practices across jurisdictions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Applying for grants to support work related to behavioral health, public safety, or criminal justice;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Facilitating the distribution of resources, technical assistance, and training in best practices related to behavioral health, public safety, or criminal justice; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Facilitating local and regional Sequential Intercept Model Summits.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Center shall develop the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A statewide model for law enforcement–assisted diversion;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Recommendations for pretrial services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Procedures for sharing deflection and diversion statistics between relevant State agencies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Recommendations for statewide implementation of law enforcement–assisted diversion programs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A statewide model for community crisis intervention services other than law enforcement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Center shall host one State Sequential Intercept Model Summit each year for the purpose of sharing best practices across jurisdictions and tracking the progression of Maryland’s community health and public safety system.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Center apply to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for grant funding to hold subsequent State Sequential Intercept Model Summits annually.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Center shall support county or regional Sequential Intercept Model mapping workshops and summarize results in reports that inform cross–agency planning and program development.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Center shall implement systems and policies that establish a regional approach to community health and public safety, including by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Facilitating multijurisdictional applications for federal behavioral health and criminal justice grants;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Coordinating and connecting similar programs across multiple jurisdictions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Assisting localities in broadening and formalizing county–level collaboration in behavioral health, public safety, and criminal justice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
