MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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1.

"SHELTERED HOUSING FOR ELDERLY" MEANS A FORM OF
RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT CONSISTING OF INDEPENDENT LIVING
ASSISTED BY CONGREGATE MEALS, HOUSEKEEPING, AND PERSONAL
SERVICES, FOR PERSONS 62 YEARS OLD OR OLDER, WHO HAVE
TEMPORARY OR PERIODIC DIFFICULTIES WITH ONE OR MORE
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, LIKE FEEDING,
BATHING, GROOMING, DRESSING, OR TRANSFERRING.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
4 of Article 70B — Commission on the Aging, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 70B — Commission on the Aging

4.

(a) The Director on Aging shall:

(1)    Administer programs and activities
delegated by the federal government to the State under
the provisions of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
amended, which are not otherwise committed by law to some
other unit of State government;

(2)    Coordinate, subject to existing law,
assess, and evaluate all State and local programs and
services, both public and private, insofar as they relate
and are important to the well—being of the State's aged,
including programs and services in the areas of income
maintenance, public health, mental health, housing and
urban development, employment, education, recreation, and
rehabilitation of the physically and mentally
handicapped;

(3)    Review and formulate policy
recommendations to the Governor on publicly funded plans
and programs which have an impact on the aged;

(4)    Consult with and advise the secretaries
of the principal departments of State government with
respect to the programs and services for the aged, for
which they are primarily responsible;

(5)    Develop a statewide plan incorporating
local plans for a comprehensive and coordinated system of
health, social, and community services for the aged,
including housing, institutional, and noninstitutional
care.

(6)    Cooperate with and receive the
cooperation of State, federal and local governmental
units and agencies in effectuating the purposes of this
article.