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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0775* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 775 | |
| 11 | 8 | E5 5lr2148 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegates Otto, Arentz, Arikan, Chisholm, Grammer, M. Morgan, T. Morgan, | |
| 14 | 11 | Nawrocki, Nkongolo, Szeliga, Valentine, and Wivell | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Judiciary | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 18 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: February 27, 2025 | |
| 20 | 14 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Correctional Services – Death of Incarcerated Individual – Notification 2 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of requiring the Commissioner of Correction to notify certain persons 3 | |
| 28 | 22 | whenever an incarcerated individual dies while in the custody of the Division of 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | Correction; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to 5 | |
| 30 | 24 | adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to deaths of incarcerated 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | individuals. 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | ||
| 33 | 27 | BY adding to 8 | |
| 34 | 28 | Article – Correctional Services 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Section 9–602.2 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | Article – Correctional Services 15 | |
| 43 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 38 | 9–602.2. 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 40 | (A) WHENEVER AN INCARCERA TED INDIVIDUAL DIES IN A DIVISION OF 17 | |
| 47 | 41 | CORRECTION FACILITY, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE 18 | |
| 48 | - | FOLLOWING PERSONS: 19 2 HOUSE BILL 775 | |
| 42 | + | FOLLOWING PERSONS: 19 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (1) THE STATE DELEGATES AND STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING 20 | |
| 45 | + | THE LEGISLATIVE DIST RICT WHERE THE FACILITY I S LOCATED; 21 | |
| 46 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 775 | |
| 49 | 47 | ||
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 49 | + | (2) THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE FACILITY IS 1 | |
| 50 | + | LOCATED OR THE BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL, IF THE FACILITY IS L OCATED IN 2 | |
| 51 | + | BALTIMORE CITY; AND 3 | |
| 51 | 52 | ||
| 52 | - | (1) THE STATE DELEGATES AND STATE SENATOR REPRESENTING 1 | |
| 53 | - | THE LEGISLATIVE DIST RICT WHERE THE FACILITY I S LOCATED; 2 | |
| 53 | + | (3) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE FAC ILITY IS 4 | |
| 54 | + | LOCATED OR THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY, IF THE FACILITY IS L OCATED IN 5 | |
| 55 | + | BALTIMORE CITY. 6 | |
| 54 | 56 | ||
| 55 | - | (2) THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE FACILITY IS 3 | |
| 56 | - | LOCATED OR THE BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL, IF THE FACILITY IS L OCATED IN 4 | |
| 57 | - | BALTIMORE CITY; AND 5 | |
| 57 | + | (B) THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSE CTION (A) OF THIS 7 | |
| 58 | + | SECTION: 8 | |
| 58 | 59 | ||
| 59 | - | (3) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE FACILITY IS 6 | |
| 60 | - | LOCATED OR THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE CITY, IF THE FACILITY IS L OCATED IN 7 | |
| 61 | - | BALTIMORE CITY. 8 | |
| 60 | + | (1) SHALL INCLUDE THE CAUSE OF DEATH O F THE DECEASED 9 | |
| 61 | + | INCARCERATED INDIVID UAL; AND 10 | |
| 62 | 62 | ||
| 63 | - | ( | |
| 64 | - | ||
| 63 | + | (2) MAY NOT INCLUDE PROTECTED HEALTH INF ORMATION OF THE 11 | |
| 64 | + | DECEASED INCARCERATED INDIVID UAL. 12 | |
| 65 | 65 | ||
| 66 | - | (1) SHALL INCLUDE THE CAUSE OF DEATH O F THE DECEASED 11 | |
| 67 | - | INCARCERATED INDIVID UAL; AND 12 | |
| 66 | + | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS COMPLIANT WITH THE 13 | |
| 67 | + | FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT TO 14 | |
| 68 | + | IMPLEMENT THIS SECTI ON. 15 | |
| 68 | 69 | ||
| 69 | - | (2) MAY NOT INCLUDE PROTECTED HEALTH INF ORMATION OF THE 13 | |
| 70 | - | DECEASED INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL. 14 | |
| 71 | - | ||
| 72 | - | (C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOP T REGULATIONS COMPLIANT WITH THE 15 | |
| 73 | - | FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT TO 16 | |
| 74 | - | IMPLEMENT THIS SECTI ON. 17 | |
| 75 | - | ||
| 76 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18 | |
| 77 | - | October 1, 2025. 19 | |
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| 79 | - | ||
| 80 | - | ||
| 81 | - | Approved: | |
| 82 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 83 | - | Governor. | |
| 84 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 85 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 86 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 87 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 70 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 16 | |
| 71 | + | October 1, 2025. 17 |