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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-1104" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 OF 2021" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="11">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A pretrial services program established, improved, or for which a pretrial risk scoring instrument validation is conducted using a grant distributed in accordance with § 4–1103 of this subtitle shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>use a validated, evidence–based, race–neutral risk scoring instrument that is consistent with the Maryland Rules to make recommendations to a judicial officer to determine whether a defendant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is eligible for release:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>on personal recognizance; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>with appropriate pretrial supervision; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>should be held without bail;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>apply best practices shown to be effective in other jurisdictions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>incorporate multiple levels of supervision based on defendant risk scores with features that include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>cellular telephone reminders of a defendant’s hearing date;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>drug and alcohol testing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>global positioning satellite monitoring, if applicable; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>substance abuse, mental health, or mediation referrals, if approved by the judicial officer and available in the eligible county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A pretrial services program that receives a grant under this subtitle may not charge a fee to any defendant for participation in the program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
