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LAWS OF MARYLAND
[Ch. 261
AGENCY TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO BRING THE
INSTITUTION INTO COMPLIANCE, AND THE AGENCY SHALL
[[PROMPTLY COMPLY WITH THE ORDER]] TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION.
[[6]] 5. POWERS OF COMMISSION
THE COMMISSION ON AGING SHALL ACT AS AN ADVISORY
BODY TO THE OFFICE ON AGING. THE COMMISSION SHALL, IN
ADDITION, REVIEW AND APPROVE ALL NEW PROGRAMS PROPOSED BY
THE DIRECTOR ON AGING BEFORE THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED, AND
SHALL ADVISE ON AND APPROVE ANY OF THE ACTIONS OF THE
DIRECTOR TAKEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(B) PRIOR TO THEIR
BEING IMPLEMENTED.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
present Director and personnel of the Office on Aging
created by Executive Order of July 19, 1974, shall
continue in their respective positions with the Office on
Aging created by this Act without any loss or diminution
of salary or benefits; the present members of the
Commission on Aging who are eligible to serve pursuant to
this Act shall continue to serve as members of the
Commission on Aging created by this Act; the Executive
Director and all other personnel of the Commission on
Aging shall be transferred to the Office on Aging created
by this Act, and the Executive Director of the Commission
shall assume the position of Deputy Director on Aging
within the Office on Aging, all without any loss or
diminution of salary or benefits; and all moneys,
appropriations, books, records, furniture, assets, and
liabilities of the former Commission on Aging and Office
on Aging shall be transferred to and become the property,
assets, and liabilities of the Office on Aging created by
this Act.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
717C(a) of Article 43 - Health, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be
and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:
Article 43 - Health
717C.
(a) The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has
the primary responsibility, but, in conjunction with the
Department of Employment and Social Services[,] and [with
the advice of the Maryland Commission] THE OFFICE on
Aging, to provide the guidance and means for the
establishment of day—care centers for the elderly
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