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HB 804

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Department of Aging - Aging Resilience Fund - Establishment

Sponsor: Sarah Wolek (District 16)Committee: HealthSubject: ElderlyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 15 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Aging Resilience Fund to be used to carry out the mission of the Department of Aging including personnel, partnership development, and any programs, services, or activities within the Department; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and requiring the Secretary to annually report by January 1 to certain committees of the General Assembly on the total amount in the Fund, the total number of deposits, including amounts and sources, and the amounts and purposes of the expenditures from the Fund.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 11Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWestrick, SaralobbyistAARP MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVHinsey, EmilyGrantmakers In AgingOral
FAVBall, CalvinHoward County Office of the County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FAVCiborowski, AllisonLeadingAge MarylandOral
FAVNunez, AndreaLegislative Director, Maryland Department of AgingWritten (PDF)
FAVCrawley, JenniferMaryland Department of AgingOral
FAVfernandes, priyankaMaryland Rural Health AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVLienhard, CarolMaryland Senior Citizens Action NetworkOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Wolek, Delegate WoleklegislatorIndividualOral
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWestrick, SaraAARP MarylandRegistered for: AARP Maryland
FAVGreenfield, 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