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.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.