(8) Establish a " resident bill of rights" for residents of assisted living
program facilities; and

(9) Define which, if any, assisted living programs may be exempt from the
requirements of § 19-311 of this title.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 206
(House Bill 73)

AN ACT concerning

State Personnel - Probation - Scope of Coverage

FOR the purpose of eliminating the requirement that an employee in the
management service or in a special appointment position in the State Personnel
Management System serve a probationary period; and generally relating to
probationary periods in the State Personnel Management System.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 7-401

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

7-401.

(A) [This] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THIS subtitle applies to all
employees in the:

(1) skilled service; AND

(2) professional service [; and

(3) management service].

(B) THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT APPLY TO AN EMPLOYEE IN:

(1) THE MANAGEMENT SERVICE; AND

(2) A SPECIAL APPOINTMENT POSITION IN ANY SERVICE.