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REESE v. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 514 Sept. Term, 2006.

934 A.2d 1009 (2007)

177 Md. App. 102

Mary L. REESE, Guardian v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

November 2, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Robinowitz (Nirali D. Patel, Sidley Austin, LLP, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Kathleen A. Ellis (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellee.

Panel: HOLLANDER, JAMES R. EYLER and THEODORE G. BLOOM, (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.

HOLLANDER, Judge.

The State of Maryland has "long supported the reduction of inpatient psychiatric hospital beds in favor of community-based programs." Williams v. Wasserman, 164 F.Supp.2d 591, 634 (D.Md.2001) (Blake, J.). Indeed, since the 1970's, the State's "deinstitutionalization" of patients diagnosed with mental illness and developmental disabilities "has been dramatic." Id. In large measure, that change...

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