Sec. 12.02.07.03. Case Management Approval Process

A. The assigned case management specialist shall prepare the appropriate form to consider the actions designated in this regulation and submit the completed form for team or administrative review.

B. A reviewing supervisor or members of a team shall:

(1) Review the completed form;

(2) Record their recommendations and rationales;

(3) Sign the form;

(4) Check the box provided on the form to reflect their personal concurrence or nonconcurrence with the recommended action;

(5) If nonconcurring, record in the space provided a brief supporting rationale;

(6) Ensure compliance with a written request from a crime victim to read a victim impact statement at a case management hearing at which an inmate is considered for:

(a) Family leave,

(b) Special leave, and

(c) Home detention; and

(7) Forward the form to the warden or designee for review.

C. The warden shall review a case management action which, by law or Division directive, requires the warden's personal review.

D. The warden shall review a case management recommendation in §C of this regulation and:

(1) Approve the recommendation; or

(2) With a written rationale:

(a) Disapprove the recommendation,

(b) Order further proceedings, or

(c) Make an independent decision different from the recommendation of case management staff.

E. The warden of the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic, and Classification Center may substitute another institution of the same security level of the institution recommended by case management staff for an inmate's initial placement.

F. The Commissioner shall encourage each warden to review personally all case management recommendations, but with the exception of the specific case management action in §C of this regulation, may delegate them to a designee who shall review and:

(1) Approve the recommendation; or

(2) With a written rationale:

(a) Disapprove the recommendation,

(b) Order further proceedings, or

(c) Make an independent decision different from the recommendation of case management staff.

G. A warden or, as permitted, a warden's designee shall sign and date the appropriate case management form in the spaces provided and return it to the inmate's assigned case management specialist for further processing.

H. The following case management recommendations which have been approved by a warden shall be submitted to the Commissioner:

(1) Family leave;

(2) Special leave;

(3) Interstate Corrections Compact transfer;

(4) MAP requirement;

(5) Case management staff recommendation regarding contractual transfer to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, regardless of the nature of the staff's or the warden's recommendation; and

(6) Assignment to the home detention program.

I. The Commissioner shall review a case management recommendation in §H of this regulation and:

(1) Approve the recommendation; or

(2) With a written rationale:

(a) Disapprove the recommendation,

(b) Order further proceedings, or

(c) Make an independent decision different from the recommendation of the warden.

J. The Commissioner shall ensure that the assigned case management staff shall:

(1) Notify the inmate of the final result of action required by this regulation;

(2) Distribute the required form; and

(3) Ensure that the final result is recorded on the inmate institutional progress sheet, along with the date of the final action.

K. The Commissioner shall ensure that:

(1) An employee involved in the case management process is trained in the use of this regulation;

(2) A review of this regulation is provided to a newly received inmate as part of orientation; and

(3) An authorized terminal operator enters complete and accurate data after each initial security designation and security reclassification.