HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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and providing generally for a coordinated system to
provide services and information to elderly persons.

BY repealing and reenacting, with, amendments,

Article 70B - Office on Aging

Section 1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 70B - Office on Aging

Section 6A, 6B, and 6C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article 70B - Office on Aging

1.

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

(B)  "AREA AGENCY ON AGING" MEANS THE LOCAL AGENCY
DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE ON AGING, PURSUANT TO THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED, WITHIN A PLANNING AND
SERVICE AREA TO ADMINISTER THE DELIVERY OF A COMPREHENSIVE
AND COORDINATED PLAN OF SOCIAL AND OTHER SERVICES AND
ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.

(C)  "INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON AGING SERVICES" MEANS
THE BODY DESIGNATED IN THIS ARTICLE TO OVERSEE THE
COORDINATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY
IN THIS STATE.

(D)  "PLANNING AND SERVICE AREA" MEANS THE SUBDIVISIONS
A SUBDIVISION OR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE ESTABLISHED
DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE ON AGING, PURSUANT TO THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PLANNING AND
ADMINISTRATION OF SOCIAL, HEALTH, AND OTHER SERVICES FOR THE
ELDERLY.

(E)  "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,