Ch. 262

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)  THE RECEIVER SHALL FILE THE NOTICE OF LIEN WITH:

(I)  THE LAND AND CHATTEL RECORDS OF THE COUNTY
WHERE THE SITES OPERATED BY THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM ARE
LOCATED; AND

(II)  THE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND
TAXATION.

(3)  A LIEN UNDER THIS SUBSECTION EXTENDS TO:

(I)  THE PROPERTY OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAM THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE NOTICE OF LIEN; AND

(II)  HAS PRIORITY OVER ANY LIEN OR OTHER
INTEREST THAT ATTACHES AFTER THE DATE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE
FILINGS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.

19-339.

(a)  (1) The owner OR OPERATING ENTITY or receiver of a
nursing home OR COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM may petition the
court to terminate the receivership.

(2) The court shall terminate the receivership [and
return the nursing home to its owner], if the court finds:

(i) The grounds for appointment of the receiver
under Part V of this subtitle no longer exist; or

(ii) The nursing home OR COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL
PROGRAM is ready to be closed because all residents [of a nursing
home] have been moved [from the nursing home].

(b)  A receivership ends automatically 1 year after the
court appoints the receiver, unless the court:

(1)  Terminates the receivership sooner; or

(2)  On petition of the Secretary, extends the
receivership for an additional 1-year period because the court
finds that the grounds for appointment of a receiver under Part V
of this subtitle still exist.

(c)  The sale of a nursing home OR SITE FOR A COMMUNITY
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM or any of its assets does not terminate a
receivership of the nursing home.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

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