WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 606

CHAPTER 606
(House Bill 1398)

AN ACT concerning

Adult Day Care Centers Program - State Grants

FOR the purpose of removing the limitation on the size of grants from the State to adult
day care centers in the State.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 24-704(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

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24-704.

(e) At the discretion of the Board of Public Works, a State grant may exceed 50
percent of the cost of eligible work remaining unpaid after all federal and other grants
have been applied [up to $400,000], if:

(1)     The project involves the conversion of a public building or part of a
building to an adult day care center, the renovation of an adult day care center, or the
planning, design, and construction of an adult day care center;

(2)     The value of real property and improvements made available by the local
government, or the value of the center to be renovated, equals or exceeds the amount of
the State grant;

(3)     No State funds have been used for the acquisition, construction, or
maintenance of any real property and improvements made available by the local
government or any building to be converted or renovated; and

(4)     The State is not responsible for any bonded indebtedness in connection
with any real property and improvements made available by the local government or any
building to be converted or renovated.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1993.

Approved May 27, 1993.

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