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VETOES

(B)  THE RESPITE CARE SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE
LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR BY PRIVATE NONPROFIT
COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDERS THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT.

(C)  THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES SHALL PROMULGATE
RULES AND REGULATIONS COVERING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
MANDATORY STANDARDS FOR RESPITE CARE SERVICES AND THE
CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SLIDING FEE SCHEDULES FOR
RESPITE CARE SERVICES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

May 19, 1981
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 241.

This bill requires that the Department of Human
Resources develop statewide "respite care services" for the
developmentally disabled and promulgate rules and
regulations setting mandatory standards and fees.

House Bill 1230, which was enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by me on May 19, 1981, accomplishes the
same purpose.

Therefore it is unnecessary for me to sign Senate Bill
241.

Sincerely,
Harry Hughes
Governor

Senate Bill No. 257

AN ACT concerning

Pensions and Retirement - Membership

FOR the purpose of removing certain deadlines that a member
of the Employees' Retirement System or Teachers'