Ch. 452                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 452

(House Bill 683)

AN ACT concerning

Nursing Homes - Applications or Contracts for Admission

FOR the purpose of specifying that, before a related institution
may use or substantially change an application or contract
for admission, the administrator of the related institution
shall submit the application or contract for admission or
the proposed change to the application or contract for
admission to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to
adopt certain regulations and; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene to consult with the Office on
Aging before adopting those regulations reviewing certain
applications and contracts; specifying that if the
Department fails to make a decision on a proposed
application or contract for admission, or substantive change
to an application or contract for admission, within a
certain time, the proposed application or contract for
admission or substantive change shall be deemed approved;
prohibiting a nursing home from requiring a person other
than the applicant to sign an application or contract for
admission under certain circumstances; establishing the
conditions under which a nursing home may require a
signature of a person other than the applicant on certain
forms; permitting related institutions to request an
applicant to execute a durable power of attorney; specifying
the responsibilities of certain agents; specifying that any
person may knowingly and voluntarily agree to guarantee
payment for the cost of an applicant's care; providing a
certain penalty; defining a term; requiring the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene to review certain applications
and contracts for admission within a certain period; and
generally relating to applications or contracts for
admission to certain facilities.

BY renumbering

Article - Health - General

Section 19-344(c) through (q), respectively

to be Section 19-344(d) through (r), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

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