(1991 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 - Estates and Trusts

13-705.

(c) (1) Procedures and venue in these cases shall be as described by Title 10,
Chapters 100 and 200 of the Maryland Rules.

(2) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, A PETITION FOR GUARDIANSHIP OF A DISABLED PERSON SHALL
INCLUDE SIGNED AND VERIFIED CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY FROM THE
FOLLOWING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS:

(I) TWO LICENSED PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE EXAMINED THE
DISABLED PERSON; OR

(II) ONE LICENSED PHYSICIAN WHO HAS EXAMINED THE DISABLED
PERSON AND ONE LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST WHO HAS EVALUATED THE DISABLED
PERSON.

(3) AN EXAMINATION OR EVALUATION BY AT LEAST ONE OF THE
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS UNDER PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL
OCCUR WITHIN 21 DAYS BEFORE FILING A PETITION FOR GUARDIANSHIP OF A
DISABLED PERSON.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be

construed only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect
on or application to a petition for guardianship of a disabled person filed before the
effective date of this Act.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 619
(House Bill 302)

AN ACT concerning

Victims' Rights - Juvenile Hearings and Dispositions

FOR the purpose of requiring that certain victims be notified of certain juvenile
proceedings waiver hearings involving a child; granting certain victims the right
to be present and to address the court at certain juvenile proceedings; requiring
authorizing a victim to submit a victim impact statement to the court in certain
waiver hearings involving a child; authorizing the court to consider certain