Continuing Care
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Continuing Care At-Home Providers Licensing and Regulation - Study [HB-1454]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete a study on the licensing and regulation of continuing care retirement communities and continuing care at-home providers; and requiring the Department to submit the results of the study on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership [HB-938]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; and authorizing the alternate subscriber member to attend all meetings of the governing body and vote only if the regular subscriber is unable to fulfill the subscriber's duties as a regular member of the governing body.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 331 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities - Access to Telephones [HB-1253]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Subscriber Rights and Provider Duties [HB-1177]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain individuals, before signing a continuing care agreement, are entitled to a certain visit and certain information; authorizing subscribers in a continuing care retirement community to take certain actions and to participate in certain activities; requiring certain providers to undertake certain actions and to provide certain information; authorizing the establishment of a certain resident association under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health Care Facilities – Access to Telephones [SB-813]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy [HB-68]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Retirement ]
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; increasing from yearly to quarterly the number of times a provider is required to hold a meeting open to all the provider's subscribers; requiring at the last quarterly meeting of the year an officer of the provider to give an aggregated, deidentified summary of internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit a written report to a subscriber or a beneficiary if the subscriber's unit has not been reoccupied within 9 months; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 258 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy [SB-76]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; altering the number of times providers are required to hold a meeting open to all of the provider's subscribers each year; requiring an authorized officer of a provider to provide a summary of certain grievance information at certain meetings; requiring the Department of Aging to collect certain information about internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit certain reports to a subscriber under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 257 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-1264]
[Elections ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring local boards of elections to establish separate precincts at certain continuing care retirement communities to serve at least the residents of the continuing care retirement community if the community requests that a polling place be established on the premises; and requiring the continuing care retirement communities to provide to the local boards facilities that meet certain requirements to be used as polling places and assistance in recruiting election judges from among the residents of the communities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Property Tax - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Definition of Gross Income [HB-1414]
[Property Tax ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
Altering eligibility for the homeowners' property tax credit by excluding from the definition of "gross income" certain expenses incurred by a homeowner for medical care, continuing care, and care provided by an assisted living program or nursing home.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Elderly Individuals - Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program and Task Force [HB-1051]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program in Howard County and Montgomery County to integrate the provision of medical adult day care services, home health care services, and medical services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizing Howard County and Montgomery County to jointly authorize the operation of one or more integrator entities to coordinate services provided under the pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Continuing Care at Home - Certificate of Need - Exemption [HB-972]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
Providing that the definition of a health care facility, for the purpose of providing an exemption from the certificate of need requirement, does not include certain facilities that are for the exclusive use of the provider's subscribers who have executed continuing care at home agreements and paid certain entrance fees; and establishing an exception to certain application requirements for certain continuing care at home providers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 727 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Continuing Care at Home - Certificate of Need - Exemption [SB-804]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
Providing that the definition of "health care facility", for the purpose of providing an exemption from the certificate of need requirement, does not include certain facilities that are for the exclusive use of the provider's subscribers who have executed continuing care at home agreements and paid certain entrance fees; and establishing an exception to certain application requirements for certain continuing care at home providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 728 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-619]
[Elections ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring local boards of elections to establish separate precincts at certain continuing care retirement communities if requested; and requiring the continuing care retirement communities to provide to the local boards facilities that meet certain requirements to be used as polling places and assistance in recruiting election judges from among the residents of the communities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Elderly Individuals - Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program and Task Force [SB-527]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program in Howard County and Montgomery County to integrate the provision of medical adult day care services, home health care services, and medical services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizing Howard County and Montgomery County to jointly authorize the operation of one or more integrator entities to coordinate services provided under the pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 437 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Property Tax - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Definition of Gross Income [SB-153]
[Property Tax ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Taxes ]
Altering eligibility for the homeowners' property tax credit by excluding from the definition of "gross income" certain expenses incurred by a homeowner for medical care, continuing care, and care provided by an assisted living program or nursing home.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/12/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Election Law - Polling Places at Continuing Care Retirement Communities [HB-895]
[Elections ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring local boards of elections to establish separate precincts in continuing care retirement communities of 200 or more individuals who are at least 60 years old specifically to serve at least the residents of those retirement communities if a continuing care retirement community requests a polling place be established on the premises; requiring continuing care retirement community providers to provide certain facilities and services to the local board if a certain polling place is established on the premises; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 2/16 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/03/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-534]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government; stating that the General Assembly finds that millions of dollars have been diverted or wasted as part of a multipayer health care system; stating that it is the intent of the General Assembly that Healthy Maryland be established to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every Maryland resident and be funded by certain revenue; establishing the Healthy Maryland Board and the Healthy Maryland Public Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/11 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program [SB-307]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program in the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning within the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Division to provide certain matching grants to certain entities to create and expand on successful recruitment and retention strategies that address certain barriers to increasing the population of direct care workers; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill for the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Continuing Care Retirement Community License [SB-802]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Establishing a continuing care retirement community license in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license for use by a continuing care retirement community that is located in the 41st alcoholic beverages district of the City and that has obtained a certain certificate of registration; specifying that the license authorizes the holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a community resident or the guest of a resident for on-premises consumption; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel McFadden
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Continuing Care Agreements - Termination - Notice and Contractual Entrance Fee Refunds [SB-425]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing the requirement that certain continuing care agreements contain a certain statement relating to contractual entrance fee refunds; requiring that a certain notice to terminate a certain continuing care agreement be given to the provider at least 30 days before the effective date of termination; and altering from 60 days to 30 days the period of time within which certain continuing care providers are required to pay certain contractual entrance fee refunds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2018