1. A. Automated Award of ECC.

   1. (1) If a supervised individual is compliant with all of the conditions of supervised release during a calendar month, the Division shall automatically award ECC resulting in:

      1. (a) A reduction of the period of the supervised individual’s supervised release by 20 days; and
      2. (b) An update of the supervised individual’s projected abatement eligibility date.
   2. (2) The Division may not award partial ECC or prorate the accrual of ECC based on the number of days a supervised individual is under supervised release in a calendar month.

2. B. An agent or monitor shall notify the:

   1. (1) Supervised individual once every 3 months, during the period of supervised release, of the supervised individual’s projected abatement eligibility date; and
   2. (2) Sentencing court, Parole Commission, or both, as applicable, at least 90 calendar days before a supervised individual’s abatement date is reached, of the supervised individual’s projected abatement date.
3. C. A supervisor shall retract a supervised individual’s ECC if the ECC have been awarded erroneously.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109, 6-101, and 6-117, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)