# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 13. Miscellaneous Health Care Programs

### Subtitle 42. Maryland Behavioral Health and Public Safety Center of Excellence

#### Section 13-4204

(a) On or before December 1 each year, beginning in  2022, the Center shall produce and update a multiyear strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the report of the  annual State Sequential Intercept Model Summit.

(b) The strategic plan shall include:

  (1) A plan for formal, consistent, appropriate, and coordinated behavioral health screening processes that are properly applied at jail booking, including expanded behavioral health screening for veterans;

  (2) Recommendations for the coordination of behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives with related State health initiatives;

  (3) Recommendations for investment in preventive services systems including:

    (i) Assertive community treatment;

    (ii) Crisis response services;

    (iii) Harm reduction strategies; and

    (iv) Other preventive services for individuals with behavioral health disorders;

  (4) An expansion of the use of technology and data analysis across the behavioral health, public safety, and criminal justice systems in accordance with the purposes of the Center;

  (5) A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and

  (6) A racial impact analysis.

(c) In developing the strategic plan, the Center shall consider:

  (1) Opportunities for the provision of pre-crisis-to-recovery services to individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system;

  (2) The availability of housing options for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system; and

  (3) The availability of transportation for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.

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