Md. Code, Health-Gen. § 13-4204

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 13-4204 - Strategic plan
(a) On or before December 1 each year, beginning in 2022, the Center shall produce and update a multiyear strategic plan to implement the recommendations of the report of the annual State Sequential Intercept Model Summit.
(b) The strategic plan shall include:
(1) A plan for formal, consistent, appropriate, and coordinated behavioral health screening processes that are properly applied at jail booking, including expanded behavioral health screening for veterans;
(2) Recommendations for the coordination of behavioral health and criminal justice initiatives with related State health initiatives;
(3) Recommendations for investment in preventive services systems including:
(i) Assertive community treatment;
(ii) Crisis response services;
(iii) Harm reduction strategies; and
(iv) Other preventive services for individuals with behavioral health disorders;
(4) An expansion of the use of technology and data analysis across the behavioral health, public safety, and criminal justice systems in accordance with the purposes of the Center;
(5) A plan for expanding the use of peer support services across intercepts; and
(6) A racial impact analysis.
(c) In developing the strategic plan, the Center shall consider:
(1) Opportunities for the provision of pre-crisis-to-recovery services to individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system;
(2) The availability of housing options for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system; and
(3) The availability of transportation for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system.

Md. Code, HG § 13-4204

Added by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 69, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Added by 2021 Md. Laws, Ch. 68, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2021.