EXECUTIVE ORDER   01.01.1986.12

INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

(Amended by Executive Order 01.01.2025.29)

1.   (a)   Disability Rights Maryland, Inc., doing business as Maryland Disabilities Law Center, Inc., a private, non-profit corporation incorporated under Maryland law, was designated by Executive Orders 01.01.1977.07 and 01.01.1986.12 and continued to be designated as the official agency, for purposes of 42 U.S.C. §15041 et. seq . , responsible for the implementation of the State system for the protection and advocacy of the rights of individuals with developmental disabilities.

(b)   Disability Rights Maryland , Inc., shall perform the functions, duties, and responsibilities authorized to be performed or specifically delegated to it by the "State of Maryland Plan for a System to Protect the Individual Rights of and to Advocate for Persons with Developmental Disabilities under 42 U.S.C. §15041 et. seq."

2. After Disability Rights Maryland’s designation as the protection and advocacy system for the State of Maryland in Executive Orders 01.01.1977.07 and 01.01.1986.12, Congress established additional programs to create and fund legal advocacy programs for additional categories of individuals with disabilities and issue areas. Based on the designation in paragraph l(a) of this order, Disability Rights Maryland, Inc. is the eligible system, as defined in 42 U.S.C. §10802(2) and 29 U.S.C. §794e(m)(i), responsible for implementation of the state system for Protection and Advocacy of the Rights of Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) and Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR).

3.   The designation of Disability Rights Maryland, Inc., as the official agency for purposes of 42 U.S.C. §15041 et. seq. shall continue unless amended, altered, or withdrawn by subsequent Executive Order.

Effective date: December 19, 2025.