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(2)      THOSE FACTORS WHICH CAUSE, OR WHICH TEND TO CAUSE, THE
DISPARITIES, INCLUDING SEGREGATION BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN AND BETWEEN
MINORITIES AND NONMINORITIES ACROSS AND WITHIN OCCUPATIONS, PAYMENT OF
LOWER WAGES FOR WORK IN FEMALE-DOMINATED OCCUPATIONS, CHILD-REARING
RESPONSIBILITIES, THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO ARE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS,
AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING, HOURS WORKED, AND YEARS ON THE JOB;

(3)      THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISPARITIES ON THE ECONOMY AND
FAMILIES AFFECTED; AND

(4)      ACTIONS, INCLUDING PROPOSED LEGISLATION, THAT ARE LIKELY
TO LEAD TO THE ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF THE DISPARITIES.

(G) THE COMMISSION SHALL:

(1)      REPORT ITS PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF DELEGATES ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 2005; AND

(2)      REPORT ITS FINAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 2006.

(H) THE COMMISSION'S PRELIMINARY AND FINAL REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE
THE RESULTS OF THE COMMISSION'S STUDY AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS,
LEGISLATIVE AND OTHERWISE, AND SUGGEST POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE
ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF DISPARITIES IN WAGES BETWEEN MEN AND
WOMEN AND MINORITIES AND NONMINORITIES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2004. This Act It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the
end of September 30, 2006, with no further action required by the General Assembly,
this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

Enacted January 11, 2005.

CHAPTER 4
(Senate Bill 819 of the 2004 Regular Session)

AN ACT concerning

Olmstead Compliance Act of 2004

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Federal Waivers - Waiver for
Older Adults and Medicaid Managed Care Pilot Program.

FOR the purpose of establishing certain tests to determine if an individual is eligible
for nursing facility services; requiring the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to adopt certain regulations; requiring the Department to develop a
certain program on or before a certain date to reduce the number of medical

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