WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 388

existing buildings or parts of buildings for use as Adult Day Care Centers, the
renovation of Adult Day Care Centers, the purchase of capital equipment for
Adult Day Care Centers and the planning, design, and construction of Adult Day
Care Centers; defining certain terms; requiring the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene to make recommendations; permitting the Board of Public Works
to adopt certain regulations?; providing certain terms, conditions, and limitations
on the allocation, use, and amount of State grants; providing that no proceeds of
a grant may be used for certain religious purposes; providing that, under certain
circumstances, the State may recover a certain portion of the State funds
expended; providing for certain judicial proceedings and liens to enforce the
State's right of recovery and the priority of the proceeding and lien; and providing
generally for grants for Adult Day Care Centers.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 24-601 through 24-607, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle
6. Adult Day Care Centers Program"

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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SUBTITLE 6. ADULT DAY CARE CENTERS PROGRAM

24-601.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B) "ADULT DAY CARE CENTER" MEANS A NONRESIDENTIAL
CENTER THAT:

(1) SERVES THE ELDERLY, MEDICALLY HANDICAPPED
ADULTS, OR VICTIMS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED
DISORDERS;

(2) MEETS THE DEFINITION IN § 14-201(B) OR § 14-301(B) OF
THIS ARTICLE; AND

(3) IS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(C) "FACILITY" MEANS AN ADULT DAY CARE CENTER THAT IS
WHOLLY OWNED BY AND OPERATED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF:

(1) A COUNTY OR A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; OR

(2) A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

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