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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 391
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 88A - Department of Human Resources
140.
(a) The Department of Human Resources shall administer a care program in
this State that provides housing and related services for adults who, because of
disability, require a supportive housing arrangement to reside in the community.
(b) In accordance with the State budget, the care program shall:
(1) Provide for the development of care housing:
(2) Provide for case management to disabled individuals residing in care
housing; and
(3) Arrange for the provision of supportive services to disabled
individuals residing in care housing.
[(c) The Department of Human Resources may only provide housing under the
care program in assisted living program facilities licensed to operate under § 19-1801
of the Health - General Article.]
[(d)] (C) The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Education.
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Department of Aging shall
provide appropriate ancillary services to disabled individuals in the care program in
keeping with programmatic eligibility and priority criteria and budgetary resources.
[(e)] (D) The Secretary of Human Resources, the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, the State Superintendent of Schools, and the Secretary of Aging
shall:
(1) Coordinate departmental programs to assure that the services
needed by disabled adults residing in care housing are provided in an integrated and
cost-effective manner; and
(2) Prepare a written memorandum of agreement which will specify
what services are to be provided by each departmental program, how the delivery of
these services shall be integrated, and the timing of the delivery of the services.
Article - Health - General
19-1801.
In this subtitle:
(1) "Assisted living program" means a residential or facility-based
program that provides housing and supportive services, supervision, personalized
assistance, health-related services, or a combination thereof that meets the needs of
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