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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-522" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Center” means the Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Collaborative Committee” means the Collaborative Planning and Implementation Committee for the Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Crisis intervention model program” means a nationally recognized crisis intervention team program developed and published by the University of Memphis in Tennessee or a comparable nationally recognized crisis intervention team program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Local behavioral health authority” means the designated county or multicounty authority that is responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring publicly funded mental health, substance–related disorder, and addictive disorder services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Crisis Intervention Team Center of Excellence in the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The purpose of the Center is to provide technical support to local governments, law enforcement, public safety agencies, behavioral health agencies, and crisis service providers and to develop and implement a crisis intervention model program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall appoint the following individuals to oversee the Center:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a crisis intervention law enforcement coordinator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a mental health coordinator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an advocacy coordinator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>additional coordinators necessary as determined by the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Center shall be guided by the Collaborative Committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Center may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on request, assist a law enforcement agency or local government in implementing a crisis intervention model program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide educational resources to law enforcement to promote crisis intervention team programs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>monitor statewide progress for implementation of crisis intervention model programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Collaborative Planning and Implementation Committee for the Center.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Collaborative Committee shall include the following members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Executive Director of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy, or the Executive Director’s designee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration, or the Director’s designee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the following individuals, appointed by the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>at least one representative of a local behavioral health authority;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>at least one representative from family and consumer mental health organizations;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a representative from the Maryland Municipal League;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a representative from the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>a representative from the Maryland Association of Counties;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>a representative of a local crisis intervention team;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>other members determined to be necessary to carry out the work of the Collaborative Committee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>a representative from the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member appointed by the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>serves for a term of 3 years and until a successor is appointed and qualifies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be reappointed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member of the Collaborative Committee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Collaborative Committee; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Collaborative Committee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>review services and training provided by the Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>develop outcome measures for and evaluation of the Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>develop recommendations for full implementation of the crisis intervention model program at the municipal, county, and State level; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>provide general oversight of the Center.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the operation of the Center and Collaborative Committee shall be supported by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>appropriations provided in the State budget;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>grants or other assistance from federal, State, or local government; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other money made available to the Center from any public or private source.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The operation of the Center is subject to the limitations of the State budget and their funds received under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Center shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the activities of the Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>related criminal justice efforts occurring at the State and local levels to direct individuals away from the criminal justice system and emergency medical system by providing access to alternative services at the earliest possible point in the individual’s encounter with law enforcement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include an analysis regarding any deficiencies and recommendations on priorities for improving the criminal justice system response to and treatment of individuals with mental illness.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
