Ch. 84

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 11 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2000
Section 7

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Chapter 11 of the Acts of 2000

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 6 of this Act shall
take effect July 1, 2000. [It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the
end of June 30, 2005, with no further action required by the General Assembly,
Section 6 of this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved April 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 84
(Senate Bill 360)

AN ACT concerning

Elderly Persons - Conversion of Existing Accommodations to a Continuing

Care Retirement Community

FOR the purpose of altering the continuing care law to allow existing
accommodations to convert to a continuing care retirement community;
modifying requirements for feasibility studies to include the conversion of an
existing accommodation to become a continuing care retirement community;
establishing minimum occupancy or reservation requirements in order to
qualify for conversion; establishing requirements for deposit agreements;
clarifying operating reserve requirements; prohibiting a provider from
terminating or failing to renew a lease for an accommodation in order to enter
into a continuing care agreement for that accommodation; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to the conversion of an existing accommodation to
a continuing care retirement community.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 70B - Department of Aging
Section 10, 11, and 11B
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 70B - Department of Aging

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