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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 83

Corrective Bill - Article 88A "Social Services
Administration"

FOR the purpose of correcting technical errors in certain
sections of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 88A — Social Services Administration

Section 108(b) and 109(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 88A - Social Services Administration

108.

(b)    The protective services program shall include:

(1)    Intake and investigative services
including, if appropriate, medical, social, and psychiatric
evaluation;

(2)    Planning for the needs of the recipient of
services;

(3)    Home care, day care, chore services,
transportation, emergency arrangements, and other health and
social services[.];

(4)    Cooperation with the courts, including
provision of any necessary recommendations, reports, or
petitions;

(5)    Legal assistance, including counsel to
represent any indigent recipient of services in any
protective proceeding or any review board hearing conducted
pursuant to §§ 109 (b) or 110 (f) of this article; and

(6)    Notification of and participation by the
State Director on Aging as a party in any protective
proceeding or review board hearing relating to a person who
is 60 years old or older.

109.

(c)    The director shall submit with the petition the
findings of the departmental investigation under [§ 93 (a)
of this subtitle] SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, including
an evaluation of the medical, psychiatric, and social
factors that affect the individual's condition and a