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Capital Grants for Senior Citizen Activities Centers [HB-199]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Allowing more than one grant for a senior citizen activity center from the Senior Citizen Activities Centers Capital Improvement Grants Program if the sum of grants made for any single center does not exceed $800,000 in any 15-year period.
HB-199: Capital Grants for Senior Citizen Activities Centers
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 116 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council - Renaming and Altering Membership and Duties [SB-216]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
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.
SB-216: Maryland Caregivers Support Coordinating Council - Renaming and Altering Membership and Duties
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 67 on 04/11/2017
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Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program - Regulations [HB-132]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
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.
HB-132: Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program - Regulations
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 208 on 04/18/2017
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Secretary of Aging - Administration of Commodity Supplemental Food Program and Regulatory Authority [HB-146]
[Food ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
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.
HB-146: Secretary of Aging - Administration of Commodity Supplemental Food Program and Regulatory Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 110 on 04/11/2017
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Healthy Aging Program [HB-147]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
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.
HB-147: Healthy Aging Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 206 on 04/18/2017
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Reporting Abuse to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the Office of Health Care Quality [SB-47]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifying that suspected abuse of a resident of a related institution is required to be reported to the Office of Health Care Quality; requiring the recipient of a specified report to promptly notify, to the extent allowed by specified laws, the administrator of the related institution; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality once it has received a specified report to promptly notify the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; clarifying the entities to which a law enforcement agency is required to report the findings of an investigation; etc.
SB-47: Reporting Abuse to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the Office of Health Care Quality
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 207 on 04/18/2017