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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-803" future_version_removed="true" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Mortality and Quality Review Committee">
  <text>The Committee shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Evaluate causes or factors contributing to deaths in facilities or programs:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Operated or licensed by the Developmental Disabilities Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Licensed by the Behavioral Health Administration to provide mental health services and identified in § 10–713(a) of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Operating by waiver under § 7–903(b) of this article;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Review aggregate incident data regarding facilities or programs that are licensed or operated by the Developmental Disabilities Administration or operating by waiver under § 7–903(b) of this article;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Identify patterns and systemic problems and ensure consistency in the review process; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Make recommendations to the Secretary and the Secretary of Disabilities to prevent avoidable injuries and avoidable deaths and improve quality of care.</text>
  </level>
</section>
