S.B. 819

VETOES

Department of Aging to make a certain designation in each county and
Baltimore City; requiring the Department and the Department of Aging to
develop certain systems to provide certain services; requiring the Department
and the Department of Aging to implement a certain licensure and inspection
system; requiring the Department and the Department of Aging to authorize
certain providers to directly bill the Department for certain services; requiring
the total yearly cost of environmental modifications be equal to or less than the
total current monthly benefit available under the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program multiplied by 12; requiring the Department, in consultation with
certain representatives, and with the approval of the Department of Aging to
adopt certain regulations; requiring the Department of Aging to make a certain
report on or before a certain date and annually thereafter; requiring the
Department and the Department of Aging to develop a certain plan to assist
local area agencies on aging in developing a single point of entry system
requiring the Department to submit the proposed waiver under this Act to the
Legislative Policy Committee for its review and comment; requiring the
Department to report on the status of a certain program; providing for the
termination of a certain program; requiring the Department to implement a
certain program initially by emergency regulation; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to long-term care eligibility requirements and waiver services
in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 15 115.1 and 15-141

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Health — General
Section 15-132
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

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15-115.1.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2) "HANDS ON ASSISTANCE" MEANS THE PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE OF
ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE UNABLE TO
PERFORM THE ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING.

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