Parris N. Glendening
Governor

House Bill 359

AN ACT concerning

Assisted Living Programs - Continuing Care Communities - Requirements

FOR the purpose of altering the requirements for a certain disclosure statement
furnished by a continuing care provider; specifying the contents of the disclosure
statement with regard to assisted living program services; requiring a provider
to annually furnish the revised disclosure statement to each subscriber, ensure
that each subscriber initials the revised disclosure statement, and make the
revised disclosure statement available to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to inspect; requiring a provider to maintain a continuing care
agreement on site and make it available for inspection; specifying the contents
of the continuing care agreement with regard to assisted living program
services; giving a continuing care provider a certain choice relating to the
execution of certain agreements and certain statements or meeting certain
requirements; specifying that certain assisted living programs are not required
to execute an assisted living resident agreement in addition to a continuing care
agreement or provide certain separate disclosures under certain circumstances;
specifying that certain continuing care agreements are not required to contain
certain contract provisions that are applicable to certain assisted living
programs under certain circumstances; specifying that certain resident
transfers from certain assisted living programs may not be considered a
relocation or discharge from the assisted living program for the purpose of
triggering certain regulatory requirements; providing for the application of this
Act; defining certain terms; and generally relating to specifying certain
requirements for assisted living programs that provide assisted living program
services as part of a continuum of care.

BY renumbering

Article 70B - Department of Aging
Section 7(b) through (p), respectively
to be Section 7(c) through (q), respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article 70B - Department of Aging
Section 7(b), 11C(f), and 13(c) and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,