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TASK FORCE TO STUDY ACCESS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS TO REGULATED FIREARMS

Patrick D. Dooley, Co-Chair (chosen by Governor)
Jack M. McCauley, Co-Chair (chosen by Governor)

Appointed by Governor: Orlando Barnes; Laura Cain, Esq.; Marjorie Sue Diehl; Kim C. Dine; George A. Durst, M.D.; Shannon Frattaroli, Ph.D.; Tara A. Harrision, Esq.; John H. Josselyn; Dan Martin; Mark L. Paddack.

Ex officio: Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General; Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Col. Marcus L. Brown, Secretary of State Police; Thomas E. Dewberry, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings; Paul B. DeWolfe, Jr., Public Defender; Gayle Jordan-Randolph, M.D., Interim Director, Office of Forensic Services, Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene.

Staff: Lisa Smith

c/o Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention
Hampton Plaza, Suite 1105
300 East Joppa Road, Baltimore, MD 21286 - 3016
(410) 821-2832
e-mail: lsmith@goccp.state.md.org


Report to Governor & General Assembly due Dec. 31, 2012.

In June 2012, the Task Force to Study Access of Individuals with Mental Illness to Regulated Firearms was established (Chapter 131, Acts of 2012). The Task Force is to study whether current State laws and policies concerning access of individuals with a history of mental illness to regulated firearms are adequate or need to be changed. Also, current laws and policies relating to access of law enforcement officers to mental health records will be examined, and whether access to theose records should be expanded will be considered.

Authorization for the Task Force extends through May 31, 2013.

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