Ch. 164

LAWS OF MARYLAND

department head as well as to the agency that determines a
member's employment status. In the case of a department head,
the application shall be submitted only to the agency that
determines employment status.

(4)   If the written notice by the employee is not
approved, the employee, on his request, shall be given a hearing
before the Maryland Employees Retirement Review Board.

(5)   If the written application by the employee is
approved, employment shall be authorized for 1 year. Further
continuation of employment shall be based on the execution of the
appropriate application form not less than 30 nor more than 90
days before each authorized year is completed.

[(e)] (D) (1) The Director of the Office on Aging shall
establish a "Golden Age Card" Program and provide a Golden Age
Card to any resident of the State who applies to the Office on
Aging for a card and who is 65 years of age or older or disabled.
The Director shall encourage voluntary programs to provide
assistance of any kind to card holders, and encourage support and
participation in them by all persons. Card holders shall be
entitled to any assistance granted to them by and through these
voluntary programs, the laws of this State, or ordinances or
resolutions of political subdivisions; however, this subsection
does not require any person or organization to provide any
assistance to card holders. The Director shall establish and
charge a fee of $1 to accompany application for a card.

(2)  Before issuing a Golden Age Card to any person,
the Director shall establish the identity of the person who
applies for a card and shall ascertain that the person is
eligible to receive the card. The Director shall adopt
regulations to prevent the issuance of cards to persons not
eligible to have them. Cards shall contain the signature of the
card holder and any other information the Director considers
necessary to carry out the purposes of the Golden Age Card
Program. Any card that the Director issues may be held in
perpetuity by the original card holder and may not be
transferable to any other person. A person who loses his card
may obtain another card from the Office upon providing the same
information as was required for the issuance of the original
card.

(3)  A card holder may not use a Golden Age Card
except to obtain a benefit to which the holder is entitled under
the conditions of the offer.

(4)  As used in this subsection, "disabled person"
means a person who has been certified as permanently and totally
disabled by an agency of this State or the United States having
the function of so classifying persons.

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