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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="5-133.2" title_number="5" title_name="Firearms" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Regulated Firearms">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Facility” has the meaning stated in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“NICS Index” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A court shall promptly report information required in paragraph (2) of this subsection through a secure data portal approved by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services if a court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>determines that a person is not criminally responsible under § 3–110 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>finds that a person is incompetent to stand trial under § 3–106 of the Criminal Procedure Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>finds under § 13–201(c) or § 13–705 of the Estates and Trusts Article that a person should be under the protection of a guardian, except for cases in which the appointment of a guardian is solely a result of a physical disability.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On a finding or determination under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following information shall be reported to the NICS Index:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and identifying information of the person; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of the determination or finding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A facility shall report information required in paragraph (2) of this subsection regarding a person admitted to the facility under § 10–609 of the Health – General Article or committed to the facility under Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part III of the Health – General Article to the NICS Index through a secure data portal approved by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the person has been admitted to a facility for 30 consecutive days or more; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the person has been involuntarily committed to a facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On admission to a facility the following information shall be reported to the NICS Index:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and identifying information of the person admitted or committed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date the person was admitted or committed to the facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the name of the facility to which the person was admitted or committed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
