HB 1034

State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators - Renaming, Licensure of Assisted Living Managers, and Penalties

Sponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (District 21)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 689 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Renaming the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators to be the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators; establishing a licensing and regulatory system for assisted living managers under the Board; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality, beginning October 1, 2024, to notify the Board of the appointment of an assisted living program as a resident's representative payee; establishing a civil penalty for certain actions related to practicing as a nursing home administrator or an assisted living manager without a license; etc.

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Testimony (16)

MGA witness list

FAV 12FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendments

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Balog, Claudia	1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Colchamiro, Ericlobbyist	Alzheimers Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Macgill, James	Baltimore City Health Department	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lee, Ciara	Maryland Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	MacKay, Ann	Maryland Continuing Care Residents Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Anna	Marylanders for Patient Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bennett, Eileen	Montgomery County MD LTC Ombudsman Program	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ellis, Stevanne	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Anthony, Felicia	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bell, Ronda	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Pena-Melnyk, Delegate Pena-Melnyklegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	State of, Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	DeMattos, Joseph	Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Peña-Melnyk, Joseline	MGA Delegate Pena-Melnyk	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 1

Alzheimers AssociationFAV 1

Baltimore City Health DepartmentFAV 1

Health Facilities Association of Maryland (HFAM)FWA 1

Maryland Board of Examiners of Nursing Home AdministratorsFAV 1

Maryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationFAV 1

Marylanders for Patient RightsFAV 1

MGA Delegate Pena-MelnykFWA 1

Montgomery County MD LTC Ombudsman ProgramFAV 1

Office of the State Long-Term Care OmbudsmanFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVColchamiro, EricAlzheimers AssociationRegistered for: Alzheimer's Association

FWAGreenfield, 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…

FWAKauffman, 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…