WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 412

requiring the Director to issue certain notices for certain procedures for appeals;
establishing certain civil money penalties; and generally relating to the imposition of
civil money penalties on sheltered housing homes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 70B - Office on Aging
Section 4(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 70B - Office on Aging

Section 4-I

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 70B - Office on Aging

4.

(b) With respect to the sheltered housing for elderly, the Director shall:

(1)     Develop sheltered housing for the elderly, in conjunction with any public
or private profit or nonprofit corporation or any State or federal agency;

(2)     Make maximum use of rent and other subsidies available from federal
and State sources and provide for subsidies necessary from State general funds to assist
low income aged to reside in sheltered housing as an alternative to more costly, but not
required, institutional care.

(3)     Find sponsors or managers for sheltered housing projects;

(3)     (4) Assist developers in formulating design concepts and meeting
program needs;

(4)     (5) When necessary, provide subsidies for congregate meals,
housekeeping, and personal services for sheltered housing, and develop eligibility
requirements in connection with these subsidies;

(5)     (6) Adopt regulations governing the certification and operation of
sheltered housing projects;

(6) (7) Be authorized to conduct federal and State criminal background
investigations of providers of sheltered housing and their employees when the sheltered
housing provides for fewer than 16 unrelated individuals and is operated as a
single-family dwelling;

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