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Bills/2024 Regular Session

SB 952

EnactedCrossfile HB 1263
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Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: FinanceSubject: Health Care Facilities and RegulationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 839 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing certain requirements for assisted living referrers, including requirements related to the maintenance of general liability insurance, criminal history records checks, and the provision of certain agreements and descriptions of services; prohibiting an assisted living referrer from requesting payment for a referral more than 2 years after the referral was made; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to maintain a certain database of approved assisted living programs; etc.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list
FAV 21FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARP MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARP MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVSotir, PaulaCarepatrolOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRenaud, CatherineCollegeManorOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDiamond, PaulaFamilyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVValentine, GinaMD Association of Area Agencies on AgingWritten (PDF)
FAVValentine, GinaMD Association of Area Agencies on AgingWritten (PDF)
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVMiicke, SarahlobbyistMSCANWritten (PDF)
FAVCrawley, JenniferMaryland Department of AgingOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPasteur, CherylMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVBright Gordon, CorneliaMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVProctor, KaressaNASW MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVProctor, KaressaNASW MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMish, PatrickSilverStayOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKauffman, DannalobbyistIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFMcGovern, MichelleA Place For MomOral
UNFLevy, RachelA Place for MomOral
UNFLevy, RachelA Place for MomOral
UNFBoyer, NanaA Place for Mom, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFRosenthal, JimCaring.comOral + Written (PDF)
UNFFeinroth, MarklobbyistLaw Offices of Boston & PlautOral
UNFPlaut, ArilobbyistLaw Offices of Boston and PlautOral
UNFBoston, FrankIndividualOral
FWAEllis, StevanneOffice of the State Long-Term Care OmbudsmanOral + Written (PDF)
FWAKauffman, DannalobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

A Place for MomUNF 2
A Place For MomUNF 1
A Place for Mom, Inc.UNF 1
AARP MarylandFAV 2
CarepatrolFAV 1
Caring.comUNF 1
CollegeManorFAV 1
FamilyFAV 1
Law Offices of Boston & PlautUNF 1
Law Offices of Boston and PlautUNF 1
Maryland Department of AgingFAV 1
Maryland General AssemblyFAV 1
Maryland Legal AidFAV 1
Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 2
MD Association of Area Agencies on AgingFAV 2
MGA- Senator HettlemanFAV 2
MSCANFAV 1
NASW MarylandFAV 2
Office of the State Long-Term Care OmbudsmanFWA 1
SilverStayFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMiicke, SarahMSCANRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council
FAVKauffman, 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…
UNFFeinroth, MarkLaw Offices of Boston & PlautRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore's Promise Care of the Fund for Educational Excellence; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC; Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors; Highland Electric Fleets, Inc.; Maryland Hotel & Lodging Association…
UNFPlaut, AriLaw Offices of Boston and PlautRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC…
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…