ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 102

Hygiene to establish and enforce certain standards to certify third party assisted
living accreditation programs; requiring certain standards to authorize the
acceptance of a certain survey as sufficient for compliance with certain licensure
requirements; requiring that a certain survey be available for public review;
requiring the assisted living program manager of a certain licensed facility to be
certified by the Department; requiring the Department to approve a certain
certification curriculum that includes certain training areas; providing that
certain uncertified assistant living program managers obtain a certain
certification by a certain date; providing for the renewal period of a certain
certification; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; accept all
or part of a certain accrediting report as meeting the State licensing
requirements for the renewal of a license to operate an assisted living facility
program; prohibiting the Department from accepting all or part of a certain
accrediting report as meeting the State licensing requirements for an initial
license to operate an assisted living facility program; requiring an assisted
living facility program to submit a certain report to the Department within a
certain time period; requiring a certain report to be made available to the public
on request; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to inspect
certain assisted living facility programs for certain purposes; requiring the
Department, in consultation with the assisted living industry to develop a
certain methodology based on the actual cost of certain services conduct a
certain review, study certain costs, and consider certain reimbursement options;
requiring the Department to submit a certain report on or before a certain date;
requiring the Department to conduct a certain evaluation and submit a certain
report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before a certain date;
providing for the effective date of certain provisions of this Act; providing for the
termination of certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to the
certification of third party accreditation programs and managers of assisted
living facilities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-1805(a) 19-1805
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-1805
Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 195 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999)

BY adding to

Article—Health—General
Section 19-1807

- 1245 -