# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 7.5. Behavioral Health Administration

### Subtitle 2. Behavioral Health Administration

#### Section 7.5-205.1

(a) The Administration may establish an outpatient civil commitment pilot program to allow for the release of an individual who is involuntarily admitted for inpatient treatment under Sec. 10-632 of this article on condition of the individual's admission into the pilot program.

(b) If the Administration establishes a pilot program under subsection (a) of this section, the Administration shall:

  (1) Adopt criteria an individual must meet in order to be admitted into the pilot program;

  (2) Establish application, hearing, and notice requirements;

  (3) Specify the rights of an individual who may be or who has been admitted into the pilot program;

  (4) Allow an eligible individual to request enrollment into the pilot program; and

  (5) Allow an immediate family member of an eligible individual to request that the individual be voluntarily enrolled into the pilot program.

(c) If the Administration establishes a pilot program under subsection (a) of this section, on or before December 1 each year the pilot program is in existence, the Administration shall submit to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee, in accordance with Sec. 2-1257 of the State Government Article, a report that includes:

  (1) The number of individuals admitted into the pilot program during the immediately preceding 12-month period;

  (2) The number of applications for admission into the pilot program submitted during the immediately preceding 12-month period;

  (3) The cost of administering the pilot program for the immediately preceding 12-month period;

  (4) For individuals admitted into the program voluntarily and involuntarily:

    (i) The percentage of individuals admitted into the pilot program who adhered to the treatment plan established for the individual under the pilot program;

    (ii) Treatment outcomes; and

    (iii) The type, intensity, and frequency of services provided to individuals admitted into the pilot program; and

  (5) Any other information that may be useful in determining whether a permanent outpatient civil commitment program should be established.

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