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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4204" 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>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The strategic plan shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Recommendations for the coordination of behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives with related State health initiatives;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Recommendations for investment in preventive services systems including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Assertive community treatment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Crisis response services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Harm reduction strategies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Other preventive services for individuals with behavioral health disorders;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A racial impact analysis.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In developing the strategic plan, the Center shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Opportunities for the provision of pre–crisis–to–recovery services to individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The availability of housing options for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The availability of transportation for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
