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Ch. 213
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(c) Report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House
Environmental Matters Committee, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State
Government Article, on or before December 1, 2000.
SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2000.
Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 213
(House Bill 784)
AN ACT concerning
Nursing Homes - Required Staffing
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FOR the purpose of requiring nursing homes to meet certain staffing requirements to
qualify for licensure; requiring nursing homes to employ certain individuals for
certain positions; specifying certain duties that certain individuals may not
perform; specifying certain staffing levels for nursing homes; requiring nursing
homes to post certain information in certain areas of the home on a certain form
developed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for
certification of staffing levels; authorizing the Department to improve working
conditions and salary levels; providing for certain penalties; authorizing the
Department to adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to staffing
requirements for nursing homes.
FOR the purpose of stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Governor
provide in the State budget for certain fiscal years additional funds for nursing
home services; specifying how nursing homes are allowed to use the additional
funds: providing that nursing home expenditures are subject to audit and cost
settlement by the Department, of Health and Mental Hygiene: requiring the
Department to reconvene the Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement Study
Group; specifying the duties of the Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement
Study Group: requiring a certain report by a certain date; and generally relating
to nursing home services.
BY adding to
Article—Health - General
Section 19-1410 through 19-1412
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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