(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy. (3) "Fund" means the Officer and Community Wellness Training Grant Fund. (4) "Local law enforcement agency" means a governmental police force, sheriff's office, or security force or law enforcement organization of the State or a county or a municipal corporation of the State that by statute, ordinance, or common law is authorized to enforce the general criminal laws of the State. (b) There is an Officer and Community Wellness Training Grant Fund. (c) The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies for: (1) Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety training; and (2) Critical Incident Stress Management peer support training. (d) The Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall administer the Fund. (e) For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Fund. (f) The Fund consists of: (1) money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; and (2) money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund. (g) (1) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7- 302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. (2) The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately and the Comptroller, in conjunction with the Executive Director, shall account for the Fund. (h) Money disbursed from the Fund shall be used solely to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available to local law enforcement agencies. (i) Within 90 days after the end of a grant cycle, an eligible local law enforcement agency that received a grant under this section shall submit, for the fiscal year, to the Executive Director the following: (1) proof of the expenditure of the grant funds and the purposes for which the funds were expended; (2) the total number of grants awarded and amount per police officer; (3) the total number of grants awarded separated by training program; and (4) any related outcome-based performance measures as required by § 4-1009 of this subtitle. (j) On or before December 31, 2023, and on or before each December 31 thereafter, the Executive Director shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the information required by this section. §4-1013. IN EFFECT // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 892 OF 2024 // (a) In this section, "qualifying nonprofit organization" means an organization that: (1) provides training and reentry assistance for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals; (2) provides training for at least 50 incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals per year in automotive repair; (3) is able to provide an automotive repair certificate from a nationally recognized automotive repair organization to eligible participants; and (4) demonstrates a minimum of a 50% employment placement rate for eligible participants in a paid automotive repair job. (b) For fiscal years 2026 through 2028, each year the Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to be used solely as an operating grant to qualifying nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing training to formerly incarcerated individuals in automotive repair. (c) The Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services shall administer the grant funds to qualifying nonprofit organizations in accordance with § 4-1008 of this subtitle. (d) A qualifying nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this section shall submit for each fiscal year the following to the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services: (1) proof of the expenditure of the grant funds and the purposes for which the funds were expended; (2) the total number of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals who received services; and (3) any related outcome-based performance measures. §4-1101. IN EFFECT // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 of 2021 // (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) "Eligible county" means: (1) a county that does not provide defendants with pretrial services; or (2) a county that does provide defendants with pretrial services, but seeks to improve the pretrial services to comply with § 4-1104 of this subtitle. (c) "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy. (d) "Fund" means the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund. (e) "Pretrial risk scoring instrument validation" means an independent validation study of a pretrial risk scoring tool under § 5-103 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (f) "Pretrial services program" means a program established in accordance with § 4-1104 of this subtitle. §4-1102. IN EFFECT // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 OF 2021 // (a) There is a Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund. (b) The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to eligible counties to: (1) establish pretrial services programs; (2) improve existing pretrial services programs to comply with § 4- 1104 of this subtitle; or (3) conduct pretrial risk scoring instrument validations in compliance with § 5-103 of the Criminal Procedure Article. (c) The Executive Director shall administer the Fund. (d) (1) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7- 302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. (2) The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund in conjunction with the Executive Director. (e) The Fund consists of: (1) money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; (2) interest earnings of the Fund; and (3) any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund. (f) The Fund may be used only to provide grants to eligible counties to establish or improve pretrial services programs. (g) (1) The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested. (2) Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. (h) Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget. (i) The accounts and transactions of the Fund shall be subject to audit by the Legislative Auditor as provided in § 2-1220 of the State Government Article. §4-1103. IN EFFECT // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 OF 2021 // (a) The Executive Director shall: (1) establish procedures for eligible counties to apply for and receive grants from the Fund; and (2) solicit grant proposals from eligible counties. (b) An eligible county that applies for a grant from the Fund shall provide the Executive Director with: (1) a description of how: (i) the proposed pretrial services program or proposed pretrial services program improvements will meet the requirements of § 4-1104 of this subtitle; or (ii) the pretrial services program for which the pretrial risk scoring instrument validation is proposed meets the requirements of § 4-1104 of this subtitle; and (2) any other information that the Executive Director considers necessary. (c) The Executive Director shall make grants from the Fund to eligible counties for the establishment or improvement of a pretrial services program in accordance with § 4-1104 of this subtitle. (d) An eligible county that receives a grant from the Fund shall submit to the Executive Director proof of the expenditure of the grant funds. (e) Money distributed under this subtitle shall be used to supplement and not supplant any other funding for the establishment or improvement of a pretrial services program. §4-1104. IN EFFECT // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 OF 2021 // (a) A pretrial services program established, improved, or for which a pretrial risk scoring instrument validation is conducted using a grant distributed in accordance with § 4-1103 of this subtitle shall: (1) use a validated, evidence-based, race-neutral risk scoring instrument that is consistent with the Maryland Rules to make recommendations to a judicial officer to determine whether a defendant: (i) is eligible for release: 1. on personal recognizance; or 2. with appropriate pretrial supervision; or (ii) should be held without bail; (2) apply best practices shown to be effective in other jurisdictions; and (3) incorporate multiple levels of supervision based on defendant risk scores with features that include: (i) cellular telephone reminders of a defendant's hearing date; (ii) drug and alcohol testing; (iii) global positioning satellite monitoring, if applicable; and (iv) substance abuse, mental health, or mediation referrals, if approved by the judicial officer and available in the eligible county. (b) A pretrial services program that receives a grant under this subtitle may not charge a fee to any defendant for participation in the program.
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