Relating To The Elderly. [HB-2220]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Establishes the offense of financial exploitation of an elder and provides enhanced penalties. Amends mandatory reporting requirements for suspected financial abuse of an elder. Requires DHS to share records with the appropriate county police departments or offices of the prosecuting attorney. Effective 12/31/2059. (HD2)
HB-2220: Relating To The Elderly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy A. San Buenaventura
The Hearing On This Measure Has Been Cancelled Until Further Notice. on 03/16/2020
SB-1758: An Act To Clarify and Amend MaineCare Reimbursement Provisions for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Sponsored by: Sen. Troy Dale Jackson
The House Receded And Concurred To Passage To Be Engrossed As Amended By Committee Amendment "a" (s-265) As Amended By Senate Amendment "b" (s-368) Thereto. on 06/20/2019
HB-1733: An Act To Ensure Comprehensive Interdepartmental Planning, Coordination and Collaboration on Aging Policy
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica L. Fay
On Motion By Senator Libby Of Androscoggin The Senate Receded And Concurred With Bill And Accompanying Papers Committed To The Committee On State And Local Government In Concurrence on 03/17/2020
SB-1742: Resolve, To Support Vulnerable Seniors by Funding Assisted Living Programs
Sponsored by: Rep. Sara Gideon
In Possession Of The Senate When The Senate Adjourned Sine Die And Placed In The Legislative Files (dead). on 09/13/2018
Relating To The Elderly. [SB-539]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class felony. Defines "caregiver", "elder", and "financial exploitation".
SB-539: Relating To The Elderly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Mercado Kim
Reported From Hms (stand. Com. Rep. No. 18) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Jdl. on 02/02/2017
Relating To The Elderly. [HB-432]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Makes financial exploitation of an elder by a caregiver a class A felony. Defines "caregiver", "elder", and "financial exploitation". Effective 7/1/2075. (SD1)
HB-432: Relating To The Elderly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Hms/cph (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1019) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Jdl. on 03/23/2017
Health and Aging Programs - Establishment and Funding Requirements [SB-903]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Mental Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Administrative Care Coordination Unit Program and the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the purposes of the Programs; requiring the Department to develop and use specified formulas to allocate funding under the Programs; establishing a mandated minimum appropriation to increase funding for specified programs over specified established funding levels; etc.
SB-903: Health and Aging Programs - Establishment and Funding Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/15/2017
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Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning [HB-953]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning to examine, to consider options for improving, and to make recommendations regarding efforts to educate residents of the State about planning for long-term care; providing for the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
HB-953: Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 213 on 04/18/2017
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Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning [SB-696]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning to examine, to consider options for improving, and to make recommendations regarding efforts to educate residents of the State about planning for long-term care; providing for the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2017; etc.
SB-696: Task Force on Long-Term Care Education and Planning
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council - Renaming and Altering Membership and Duties [HB-769]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council to be the Maryland Commission on Caregiving; altering the membership of the Commission to include specified members of the General Assembly; requiring the Governor, when appointing members, to consider groups representing specified individuals such as those with disabilities, disorders affecting an entire lifespan, and those who reflect the diversity of the State; requiring the Commission to provide ongoing analysis of best practices in family caregiver support programs; etc.
HB-769: Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council - Renaming and Altering Membership and Duties
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric M Bromwell
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 68 on 04/11/2017
Senior Apartment Facilities - Limitation on Occupancy by Person Convicted of Crime of Violence [SB-408]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting under specified circumstances a landlord from renting a unit to an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years or allowing an individual convicted of a crime of violence within the previous 5 years to reside in a senior apartment facility in a unit on the same floor on which a vulnerable adult resides; providing for enforcement by the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; etc.
SB-408: Senior Apartment Facilities - Limitation on Occupancy by Person Convicted of Crime of Violence
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/27/2017
HB-692: Resolve, To Provide Meals to Homebound Individuals
Sponsored by: Rep. Patricia Hymanson
In Possession Of The Senate When The Senate Adjourned Sine Die And Placed In The Legislative Files (dead). on 09/13/2018
SB-135: An Act To Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services To Disclose Information to the Personal Representative of the Estate of an Incapacitated or Dependent Adult Who Dies While under Public Guardianship or Public Conservatorship
Sponsored by: Sen. David R. Miramant
Speaker Laid Before The House on 05/11/2017
You have voted SB-135: An Act To Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services To Disclose Information to the Personal Representative of the Estate of an Incapacitated or Dependent Adult Who Dies While under Public Guardianship or Public Conservatorship.
Adult Protective Services - Investigation - Time Period Increase [HB-256]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
Increasing from 30 days to 60 days the period of time during which a local department of social services, or in Montgomery County the county department of health and human services, must complete an investigation after receiving a report of suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation of an alleged vulnerable adult.
HB-256: Adult Protective Services - Investigation - Time Period Increase
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2017