Ch. 243                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 243

(House Bill 810)

AN ACT concerning

Adult Protective Services - Local Department Reports

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that local
departments of social services report certain incidents of
self-neglect by vulnerable adults to certain law enforcement
agencies; altering certain reporting requirements based on
the investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an
alleged vulnerable adult; and generally relating to adult
protective services.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Family Law
Section 14-305

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - Family Law                               

Section 14-306                             

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

                      Article - Family Law

14-305.                               

Based on the investigation under this subtitle, the local
department shall:

(1) render the appropriate services in the best
interests of the vulnerable adult under the program of adult
protective services;

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