Ch. 4                                       2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

assistance recipients in nursing facility beds in each county and Baltimore City
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply for a certain
waiver under the federal Social Security Act; requiring the Department to
develop a certain program that includes certain services for certain individuals
to participate in certain settings; prohibiting the Department from developing a
certain program that diminishes or reduces the quality of certain services, that
requires a nursing facility resident to involuntarily accept certain services, or
that requires a nursing facility resident to bo transferred or discharged under
certain circumstances requiring that certain services are not subject to a certain
program; requiring that certain savings generated under the program be used
for certain purposes; requiring the Department to apply to the United States
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend a certain waiver to
receive federal matching funds for services to assist dually eligible nursing
facility residents in obtaining certain health care services; requiring a certain
waiver to include certain goals and objectives; requiring that certain financial
eligibility criteria include certain individuals whose countable income falls
between certain limits; requiring the Department and the Department of Aging
to administer certain waiver programs; requiring the Department and the
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

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Section 15 115.1 and 15-141

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
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