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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 12.02.07.03" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="07" heading="Case Management Approval Process.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The assigned case management specialist shall prepare the appropriate form to consider the actions designated in this regulation and submit the completed form for team or administrative review.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A reviewing supervisor or members of a team shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Review the completed form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Record their recommendations and rationales;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Sign the form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Check the box provided on the form to reflect their personal concurrence or nonconcurrence with the recommended action;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If nonconcurring, record in the space provided a brief supporting rationale;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensure compliance with a written request from a crime victim to read a victim impact statement at a case management hearing at which an inmate is considered for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Family leave,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Special leave, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Home detention; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Forward the form to the warden or designee for review.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The warden shall review a case management action which, by law or Division directive, requires the warden's personal review.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The warden shall review a case management recommendation in §C of this regulation and:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Approve the recommendation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>With a written rationale:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Disapprove the recommendation,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Order further proceedings, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Make an independent decision different from the recommendation of case management staff.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The warden of the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic, and Classification Center may substitute another institution of the same security level of the institution recommended by case management staff for an inmate's initial placement.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall encourage each warden to review personally all case management recommendations, but with the exception of the specific case management action in §C of this regulation, may delegate them to a designee who shall review and:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Approve the recommendation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>With a written rationale:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Disapprove the recommendation,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Order further proceedings, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Make an independent decision different from the recommendation of case management staff.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A warden or, as permitted, a warden's designee shall sign and date the appropriate case management form in the spaces provided and return it to the inmate's assigned case management specialist for further processing.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The following case management recommendations which have been approved by a warden shall be submitted to the Commissioner:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Family leave;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Special leave;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Interstate Corrections Compact transfer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>MAP requirement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Case management staff recommendation regarding contractual transfer to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, regardless of the nature of the staff's or the warden's recommendation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Assignment to the home detention program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall review a case management recommendation in §H of this regulation and:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Approve the recommendation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>With a written rationale:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Disapprove the recommendation,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Order further proceedings, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Make an independent decision different from the recommendation of the warden.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall ensure that the assigned case management staff shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notify the inmate of the final result of action required by this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Distribute the required form; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensure that the final result is recorded on the inmate institutional progress sheet, along with the date of the final action.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An employee involved in the case management process is trained in the use of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A review of this regulation is provided to a newly received inmate as part of orientation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An authorized terminal operator enters complete and accurate data after each initial security designation and security reclassification.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>