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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
State Government - Silver-Haired Legislature [SB-930]
Establishing the Silver-Haired Legislature; requiring the legislature to be a bicameral legislature with each house made up of specified members and modeled after the General Assembly; requiring the legislature to work with the Department of Aging to adopt specified bylaws and procedures, meet once a year to conduct a specified model legislative session, and advise and work with the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the legislature's legislative priorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Education Health And Environmental Affairs on 04/01/2010
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Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Act [SB-813]
Establishing the Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Program within the Department of Aging; altering the membership of the Interagency Committee on Aging Services; requiring the Interagency Committee to plan for assisting Communities for a Lifetime annually; altering the composition of local interagency committees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/23/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Commission [SB-31]
Reestablishing the Statewide Empowerment Zones for Seniors Commission as the Maryland Communities for a Lifetime Commission to continue the work of the Statewide Empowerment Zones for Seniors Commission; authorizing the Commission to consult with specified individuals and entities; requiring the Secretary of Aging to perform specified duties; requiring the Commission to be funded with federal funds; prohibiting the use of specified funding to pay any costs of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lenett
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program [HB-536]
Reestablishing the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program in the Department of Aging; specifying the purpose of the Program; establishing the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman in the Department; providing for the selection of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; establishing specified powers and duties of the Secretary, the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and designated ombudsmen; requiring that an ombudsman have access to specified facilities, documents, and records; requiring the Secretary to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health
Approved By The Governor on 04/13/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Human Services - Department of Aging - Budget [HB-1423]
Prohibiting the Secretary of Aging from making any change to certain funding allocations in preparing a budget for the Department of Aging unless certain notice of the change is provided to the Governor, the General Assembly, and certain local jurisdictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Guardianship of Disabled Persons - Delegation of Responsibilities - Limitation [HB-1471]
Prohibiting the delegation of responsibilities of guardianship of a disabled person to a certain staff person if the delegation would result in the staff person being responsible for more than 26 guardianships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/09/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Critical Medical Needs Program Expansion Pilot Program - Social Services [HB-1517]
Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program Expansion Pilot Program in the Department of Human Services to provide assistance to certain critical medically vulnerable individuals and their households with the application process for certain social services in Baltimore County and the City of Baltimore through certain navigators; requiring the Department to implement and administer the Pilot Program in partnership with certain agencies and organizations; terminating the Act after October 31, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Public Health Outreach Programs - Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Types of Dementia [SB-725]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with the Department of Aging, the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council, and the Alzheimer's Association, to incorporate certain information regarding cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and other types of dementia into relevant public health outreach programs administered by the Maryland Department of Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Assisted Living Program Subsidies - Determinations [SB-670]
Requiring the Secretary of Aging to pay to certain low-income seniors a $1,000 subsidy from State general funds to help low-income seniors reside in assisted living programs; increasing, except under certain circumstances, a certain subsidy in effect for certain periods of time based on annual growth in a certain consumer price index; requiring the Secretary, beginning March 1, 2023, to determine and announce the growth in the consumer price index over a certain period of time, if any, and a new subsidy for low-income seniors; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Assisted Living Program Subsidies - Determinations [HB-564]
Requiring the Secretary of Aging to pay to certain low-income seniors up to a $1,500 subsidy from State general funds to help low-income seniors reside in assisted living programs; increasing, except under certain circumstances, a certain subsidy in effect for certain periods of time based on annual growth in the consumer price index; requiring an applicable area agency to determine the amount of the monthly subsidy for a resident of an assisted living program and, in doing so, to make a certain deduction for personal expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Finance Budget And Taxation on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Grants for Aging-in-Place Programs - Funding [HB-498]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $100,000 for grants to certain nonprofit organizations and area agencies on aging to expand and establish aging-in-place programs for seniors; requiring at least 20% of the appropriated funding be used to support senior villages; and altering the definition of "aging-in-place program" to include programs that enable individuals to not only remain in their own home but to safely participate in a community regardless of age, income or ability level.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program - Establishment [HB-601]
Altering the programs to be funded by the Universal Service Trust Fund; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to certify the cost of the programs to be paid by the Universal Service Trust Fund; requiring the Public Service Commission to determine the amount of a specified monthly surcharge; establishing the Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program, operated by the Department of Aging, to regularly call the residence of an eligible participant to verify the participant's ability to receive specified notifications; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 673 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program - Regulations [HB-132]
Requiring the Secretary of Aging to consult with the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman when adopting specified regulations that relate to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, including specified annual reviews, resident councils and family councils in long-term care facilities, training and designating ombudsmen, conflicts of interest, and confidentiality of specified information and documents.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 208 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Secretary of Aging - Administration of Commodity Supplemental Food Program and Regulatory Authority [HB-146]
Requiring the Secretary of Aging to administer the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using specified funds and resources received from the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with a specified law; and authorizing the Secretary to adopt specified regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 110 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Healthy Aging Program [HB-147]
Establishing the Healthy Aging Program in the Department of Aging; specifying the purposes of the Program; providing that funding for the Program shall be as provided in the State budget; authorizing the Secretary of Aging to accept money from specified sources for the Program; authorizing the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 206 on 04/18/2017