2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 10-812 - Transfers to Developmental Disabilities Administration
§10-812.
(a) The Mental Hygiene Administration may ask the Developmental Disabilities Administration to accept primary responsibility for an individual in or eligible for admission to a mental health residential facility, if the Mental Hygiene Administration finds that the individual would be provided for more appropriately in a program for individuals with developmental disability.
(b) The Developmental Disabilities Administration shall determine whether transfer to a program for individuals with developmental disability is appropriate.
(c) A dispute over a transfer of an individual from the Mental Hygiene Administration to the Developmental Disabilities Administration shall be resolved, in accordance with procedures that the Secretary sets, on request of:
(1) The Mental Hygiene Administration; or
(2) The Developmental Disabilities Administration.
(d) The Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration shall give an individual the opportunity for a hearing on the proposed transfer.
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