Ch. 316                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b) On or before January 1, 2005, the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene shall issue a final report defining the specific eligibility criteria and the
status of implementation of the Employed Persons with Disabilities Program to the
Governor, and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the
Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House
Appropriations Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations
Committee.

SECTION 5. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 4 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 316
(House Bill 651)

AN ACT concerning

Division of Labor and Industry and Associated Boards and Councils - Sunset
Extension and Program Evaluation

FOR the purpose of continuing the Division of Labor and Industry, the Amusement
Ride Safety Advisory Board, provisions concerning the employment of minors,
the Wage and Hour Law, the State Mediation and Conciliation Service, the
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board, the Advisory Council
on Prevailing Wage Rates, and the Apprenticeship and Training Council in
accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset
Law) by extending to a certain date the termination provisions relating to the
statutory and regulatory authority of the specified division, boards, service, and
councils; extending certain termination provisions that relate to certain
provisions of law regarding amusement ride safety, wage and hour
requirements, apprenticeship and training, occupational safety and health, and
the employment of minors; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the
Advisory Council on Prevailing Wage Rates; repealing certain provisions of law
regarding the Advisory Committee on the Wage and Hour Law; repealing
certain laws relating to unsafe scaffolding; providing the funding mechanism for
the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; altering the method of funding for the
administration and enforcement of the laws regarding occupational safety and
health, amusement ride safety, and elevator safety; requiring the Elevator
Safety Review Board to be subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act and
providing a termination date for the Board; repealing and altering certain
provisions of law regarding the regulation of licensed employment agencies by
the Commissioner of Labor and Industry; including a nurse registry in the
definition of "home health care" as it is used in certain provisions of law
regulating home health care; including a nurse registry in the definition of
"residential service agency" as it is used in certain provisions of law regulating
residential service agencies; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and

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