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Chair: Carmel Roques, Secretary of Aging
Appointed by Senate President: Pamela G. Beidle; Justin D. Ready.
Appointed by House Speaker: Tiffany T. Alston; Kenneth P. Kerr.
Appointed by State Long-Term Care Ombudsman: Alan L. Breitler, Ph.D.; Gail Gannon; Joanne Smickle, Ph.D.; two vacancies.
Appointed by President, Maryland Association of Area Agencies on Aging: Heang K. Tan; one vacancy.
36 South Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2026. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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Representing Alzheimer's Association, Greater Maryland Chapter: Megan Peters
Representing assisted living industry: Marcy Hunter; two vacancies.
Representing Hospice Network of Maryland: Molly Kirsch
Representing Maryland Association of Adult Day Services: Karen Lakin
Representing Maryland Hospital Association: one vacancy
Representing Mental Health Association of Maryland: Ann Geddes
Representing Mid-Atlantic LifeSpan: Kathy Graning
Representing 1199 SEIU United Health Workers East: Claudia Balog
Representing United Seniors of Maryland: Virginia G. Crespo
Ex officio: Kirsten C. Bosak, designee of Secretary of Disabilities; Heather Reed, R.N., designee of Secretary of Health; Stefani R. O'Dea, designee of Deputy Secretary, Behavioral Health, Dept. of Health; Greg Sesek, designee of Secretary of Human Services; Tia Witherspoon, Executive Director, Office of Health Care Quality, Dept. of Health; Karrie Craig, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Staff: Lisa O'Connor
c/o Office of Deputy Secretary, Department of Aging
36 South Charles St., Suite 1200, Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-1085; fax: (410) 333-7943
e-mail: lisa.oconnor@maryland.gov
web: https://aging.maryland.gov/Pages/OversightCommittee.aspx
In October 2000, the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted-Living Facilities originated when the General Assembly established the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes (Chapter 216, Acts of 2000). The Committee adopted its present name on October 1, 2005 (Chapter 400, Acts of 2005).
The Committee evaluates progress in improving the quality of nursing home and assisted-living facility care statewide.
From the Maryland Department of Health, the Deputy Secretary of Health Care Financing reports annually to the Committee on the status of the Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement System. Also, annually, the Office of Health Care Quality in the Maryland Department of Health reports to the Committee on the status of quality of care in nursing homes. As the Committee reviews these reports, it develops further proposals on how to improve nursing home and assisted-living facility care (Code Health-General Article, sec. 19-1409).
In addition to its original charge, the Committee also may consider: staff training and development; the rights of residents; data on resident satisfaction; resident assessments; resident care planning; monitoring of residents; and the change of resident status (Chapter 473, Acts of 2018). Further, the Committee may review legislation and proposed regulations that may affect nursing home and assisted living facility care, and make recommendations both to the General Assembly and the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review.
Formerly located at 301 West Preston Street, Baltimore, the Committee moved to 36 South Charles Street, Baltimore, in January 2025.
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