SB 204

Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Requirements for Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Regulations

Sponsor: Pamela Beidle (District 32)Committee: FinanceSubject: Health Care Facilities and RegulationStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 480 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that the Maryland Department of Health establish training and staffing requirements for Alzheimer's special care units in assisted living programs to include the number of dementia-specific training hours needed, determine the topic content for dementia-specific training, and require staff numbers sufficient to meet the need of residents in special care units; and requiring the Department to convene certain stakeholders to make revisions to certain regulations and adopt certain regulations by December 1, 2022.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list

FAV 19FavorableUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Stevenson, Christopher	1199SEIU	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Colchamiro, Ericlobbyist	Alzheimers Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ames, Randi	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNorton, Alle	Long Term Care Assistance Project	Oral
FAV	MacKay, Ann	Maryland Continuing Care Residents Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bennardi, Maryland Department of Health /Office of Governmen	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Legal Aid, Maryland	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Anna	Marylanders for Patient Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quinlan, Margolobbyist	Mental Health Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bennett, Eileen	Office of the Long Term Care, Ombudsman	Oral
FAV	Ellis, Stevanne	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rodwin, Davidlobbyist	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Van Akkeren, Lorrie	Voices for Quality Care	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beidle, Pamela	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Paris, Lucia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Beidle, Senator Beidlelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Beidle, Senator Beidlelegislator	Individual	Position only
UNF	Ciborowski, Allison	LeadingAge Maryland	Oral
UNF	Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Office of Governmental Affairs, Maryland Department of Health	Maryland Dept. of Health	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

1199SEIUFAV 1

AARP MarylandFAV 1

Alzheimers AssociationFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

LeadingAge MarylandUNF 1

Long Term Care Assistance ProjectFAV 1

Maryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Dept. of HealthFAV 1INFO 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Marylanders for Patient RightsFAV 1

Mental Health Association of MarylandFAV 1

Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Office of the Long Term Care, OmbudsmanFAV 1

Office of the State Long-Term Care OmbudsmanFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Voices for Quality CareFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVColchamiro, EricAlzheimers AssociationRegistered for: Alzheimer's Association

FAVQuinlan, MargoMental Health Association of MarylandRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland

FAVRodwin, DavidPublic Justice CenterRegistered for: Care in Action

UNFGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake…

UNFKauffman, DannaRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland…