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Ch. 553
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this Act may
be construed to reduce or otherwise affect the annual appropriation to the Tri-County
Council for Southern Maryland, including any revenues that may be derived from
non-State sources.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the Governor include in the annual State budget funds for the
Forvm for Rural Maryland in an amount equivalent to the Forvm's federal funding.
SECTION 4. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2000. It shall remain effective for a period of 4 years and, at the end of
June 30, 2004, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall
be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved May 18, 2000.
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CHAPTER 553
(Senate Bill 684)
AN ACT concerning
Health - General - Advance Directives
FOR the purpose of requiring documentation of the substance of oral advance
directives; requiring certain actions and documentation when accepting oral
revocations of advance directives; and generally relating to oral advance
directives.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 5-602 and 5-604
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
5-602.
(a) Any competent individual may, at any time, make a written advance
directive regarding the provision of health care to that individual, or the withholding
or withdrawal of health care from that individual.
(b) (1) Any competent individual may, at any time, make a written advance
directive appointing an agent to make health care decisions for the individual under
the circumstances stated in the advance directive.
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