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The Task Force on Hospital Regulations was
created in 1980 (Joint Resolution no. 20, Acts of
1979). The Task Force examined regulatory com-
pliance activities, including surveys, inspections,
visits, and formal and informal reports effecting
health facilities and provider enterprises. The ob-
jective of the study was to recommend means to
eliminate, consolidate, and otherwise reduce such
regulatory activities, initiate regulations revision as
necessary, recommend changes in law where ap-
propriate, and, while concentrating initially on
general hospitals, involve other health facilities,
such as nursing homes.

The Task Force report of September 1982 notes
significant accomplishments, including the passage
of legislation to recognize the Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospital Certification for State
licensure purposes in hospitals. The report is
available upon request.

Because of the complexity of subject matter, the
Task Force is continuing its study, particularly in
regard to quality assurance, utilization review, and
equal access.

HUMANE PRACTICES COMMISSION

Chairperson: Rosalie S. Abrams, Director on Aging

Raymond E. Beck; John J. Bishop, Jr.; F. Vernon
Boozer; Richard F. Depkin; B. Richmond
Dudley, Jr.; Michael J. Kaminsky, M.D.; Joan
B. Pitkin; Judith C. Toth.

Staff Contact: Vacancy

301 W. Preston St., Room 1004
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5064

At the request of the General Assembly, the
Governor appointed the Humane Practices Com-
mission in 1971 (Joint Resolution no. 47, Acts of
1971). The Commission investigates and oversees
the treatment, care, and condition of patients in
hospitals for the mentally ill and mentally retard-
ed. It reports regularly to the Governor and
General Assembly on its findings.

MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL

Chairperson: Carl Bode

Eriinde L. Ciaramello; Anne T. Darlington; R.
Cresap Davis; Edward J. Delattre; Ralph E.
Eshelman; Saretha G. Greene; Winifred G.
Helmes; Richard J. Holt; Barbara L. Jackson;
Shirley S. Kenny; R. W. 1. Kessel; Gerri
Kobren; Solomon Lausch; Edward T. Lewis;
Adrienne R. Mindel; A. Nayland Page; Samuel

H. Ritterman; Robert C. Schleiger; Albert R. C.
Westwood.

Appointed by the Governor: Carl Bode; Cornelius
P. Darcy; Sandy F. Eisenberg; H. Margret
Zassenhaus.

Naomi P. Collins, Executive Director

516 N. Charles St., Suite 305
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 837-1938

The Maryland Humanities Council was formed
in 1970 in response to the federal law creating the
National Endowment for the Humanities (P.L.
89-209). It is a private, nonprofit Maryland corpo-
ration funded by the federal government, founda-
tions, corporations, and individuals. The Governor
appoints four of its twenty-one to twenty-six
volunteer members. The Council reports regularly
to the Governor.

To promote the understanding and appreciation
of the humanities in Maryland, the Council awards
grants for humanities projects for the public. The
humanities include the study and knowledge of
history, languages, literature, jurisprudence, eth-
ics, philosophy, archaeology, linguistics, compara-
tive religion, cultural anthropology, the history
and criticism of the arts, and those aspects of the
social and natural sciences that use historical and
philosophical approaches. The humanities are con-
cerned chiefly with ideas, the meanings of lan-
guages, and values. As bodies of knowledge, they
differ from quantitative or value-free aspects of the
social and natural sciences and the creation or
performance of the fine arts.

Brochures, grant information, and newsletters
are available upon request.

LANDLORD-TENANT LAWS STUDY
COMMISSION

Chairperson: C. Laurence Jenkins, Jr.
Barbara Jones, Secretary

Y. Hillel Abrams; James J. Ackerman; Douglas M.
Bregman; Joseph A. Ciotola; Elsie Mac Cohen;
Bonita J. Daney; David M. Harris; Franzelia M.
Hayward; Wendy W. Hinton; Alan H. Legum;
Jay L. Lenrow; Patricia Martin-Smith;
Lawrence Polakoff; Carl 0. Snowden; Gwen B.
Tromley; Sue P. Waller; Oscar I. Zerwitz; one
vacancy.

Michele Gilligan, Reporter