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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 514

(C) COUNSEL APPOINTED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE
COMPENSATED FOR REASONABLE FEES, AS APPROVED BY THE COURT.
THE COURT MAY ASSIGN THE COSTS AMONG THE PARTIES AS IT
CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 515

(Senate Bill 338)

AN ACT concerning

Attendant Care Pilot Program

FOR the purpose of establishing a pilot program to provide
financial assistance for certain disabled persons in
need of certain services; defining certain terms;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Education to establish and implement this program;
requiring the adoption of rules and regulations for the
operation of this program; specifying how financial
assistance will be provided; specifying that the
financial assistance offered by this program is in
addition to, but not duplicative of, certain other
State benefits; providing for a certain level of
funding in certain fiscal years; providing for the
allocation of funds for certain services and for
administrative costs; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene Education to create an
advisory committee with representatives of the public
and private sector; requiring a report of results
within a certain period of time; providing for the
administration of the program; providing for the
automatic termination of this program; and generally
relating to a pilot program for certain disabled
persons.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 20-301 through 20-305, inclusive, to be under

the new subtitle "Subtitle 3. Attendant Care

Program"
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____(H.B. 200) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1982)