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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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J.R. 14
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Court building in honor of his service to the District Court of Maryland for
Washington County and the State of Maryland; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the new
Washington County District Court building be named after J. Louis Boublitz; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Services to the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland;
the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; the
Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates; and the
Honorable Martha Rasin, Chief Judge of the District Court of Maryland.
Signed May 18, 2000.
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Joint Resolution No. 14
(House Joint Resolution No. 11)
A House Joint Resolution concerning
Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care Program
FOR the purpose of urging the U.S. Congress to amend the Social Security Act to
allow assets exempted under a long-term care partnership program to be
excluded from Medicaid estate recoveries; and directing that a copy of the
resolution be forwarded to certain individuals.
WHEREAS, In 1993, the General Assembly enacted Chapter 513, establishing
the Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care Program ("Partnership Program");
and
WHEREAS, The purpose of the Partnership Program was to provide incentives
for individuals to purchase long-term care insurance and, consequently, to relieve the
financial burden on the State when it assumes payment for long-term care needs of
Maryland citizens under the Medical Assistance Program ("Medicaid"), by allowing an
individual who exhausts private long-terra care policy benefits to protect an
equivalent value of assets and still satisfy Medicaid's financial eligibility
requirements; and
WHEREAS, Subsequent to the enactment of the Partnership Program
legislation, Congress added § 1917 to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, frustrating
the implementation of the Partnership Program by effectively removing the major
incentive for an individual to participate; and
WHEREAS, § 1917 of the Social Security Act allows a Partnership Program
participant who becomes Medicaid eligible to spend or otherwise dispose of protected
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