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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7.5-205.1" title_number="7.5" title_name="Behavioral Health Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Behavioral Health Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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 § 10–632 of this article on condition of the individual’s admission into the pilot program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Administration establishes a pilot program under subsection (a) of this section, the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adopt criteria an individual must meet in order to be admitted into the pilot program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Establish application, hearing, and notice requirements;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Specify the rights of an individual who may be or who has been admitted into the pilot program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Allow an eligible individual to request enrollment into the pilot program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Allow an immediate family member of an eligible individual to request that the individual be voluntarily enrolled into the pilot program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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 § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, a report that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The number of individuals admitted into the pilot program during the immediately preceding 12–month period;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The number of applications for admission into the pilot program submitted during the immediately preceding 12–month period;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The cost of administering the pilot program for the immediately preceding 12–month period;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>For individuals admitted into the program voluntarily and involuntarily:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The percentage of individuals admitted into the pilot program who adhered to the treatment plan established for the individual under the pilot program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Treatment outcomes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The type, intensity, and frequency of services provided to individuals admitted into the pilot program; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any other information that may be useful in determining whether a permanent outpatient civil commitment program should be established.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
