S.B. 386

VETOES

FOR the purpose of providing residents of related institutions with certain additional
protections relating to a resident's assets and income and the involuntary discharge
and transfer of a resident; authorizing certain persons to apply for a certain
determination from the Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Medical
Assistance Program to make a certain determination under certain circumstances;
authorizing certain facilities to petition a certain court for certain orders under
certain circumstances; specifying that a related institution shall comply with certain
requirements before involuntarily discharging or transferring a resident; prohibiting
certain related institutions from including certain provisions in admissions
contracts; requiring a resident's next of kin or legal representative to cooperate and
assist in the discharge planning process under certain circumstances; specifying that
the Attorney General is responsible for the enforcement of certain provisions and
certain persons may request certain injunctive relief under certain circumstances;
creating and altering certain penalty provisions; altering certain definitions; and
generally relating to residents in related institutions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General

Section 19-344(c), 19-345, and 19-346(a)(2), (n)(l), and (o)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 19-345.1 through 19-345.3

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 35D

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Health - General

19-344.

(c) (1) In this subsection "agent" means a person who manages, uses, or
controls the funds or assets that legally may be used to pay the applicant's OR
RESIDENT'S share of [the] costs or other charges [not covered by the medical assistance
program] FOR THE FACILITY'S SERVICES.

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