Ch. 528                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(12)   a representative of the United Seniors Association, selected by the
association; and

(13)   two individuals, selected by the Governor, each of whom is the spouse
or a family member of a missing vulnerable adult in the State.

(c)     The members of the Task Force shall elect the chair and vice chair from
among the members of the Task Force.

(d)     The Department of State Police shall provide staff for the Task Force.

(e)     A member of the Task Force:

(1)     may not receive compensation; but

(2)     is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.

(e) (f) The Task Force shall:

(1)     identify, access, and compile data about missing adults in a similar
manner as other states that have programs to locate missing adults;

(2)     make recommendations regarding establishing better communication
between counties and the State when vulnerable adults are missing;

(3)     make recommendations to put together a better establish a system to
locate and identify, using criteria and strict protocols developed by the Task Force,
vulnerable adults who are missing and to identify unclaimed deceased adults who
may be missing vulnerable adults;

(4)     make recommendations for law enforcement officials to set up
protocol to work with Amber Alert and establish protocols for working with the
broadcast media in locating vulnerable adults who are missing; and

(5)     investigate integration with Amber Alert and the broadcast media in
locating vulnerable adults who are missing; and

(6)     report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and, in
accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly
on or before October 1, 2005.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2004. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and 1 month and,
at the end of October 31, 2005, with no further action required by the General
Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

Approved May 26, 2004.

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