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Continuing Care in a Retirement Community Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership (Sue Hecht Continuing Care Retirement Community Transparency Act)

Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: FinanceSubject: ElderlyStatus: Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a retirement community provider to include certain information in a certain application and disclosure statement; altering a certain requirement pertaining to the number of regular and alternate members selected to be on the governing body of a continuing care in a retirement community provider; authorizing a resident association, rather than a governing body, to select regular and alternate subscriber members of a governing body; etc.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableUNF 11UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSnyder, FranklinAMV MaCCRAOral
FAVShattuck, DaniellobbyistBrocato & ShattuckOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMattingly, JohnMaCCRAOral
FAVTracy, DanMaryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationOral
FAVWagner, CharlesMaryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationOral
FAVAlford, MargaretMiller's Grant CCRCOral
FAVLewis Young, Senator KarenSenator Karen Lewis YoungWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVAndersen-Petrie, LoralynIndividualPosition only
FAVKnight, EdwardIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSchmidt, SuzanneIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Lewis Young, Senator Lewis YounglegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWilson, BruceIndividualOral
UNFMain, KarenHomewood Living FrederickOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMiller, RichardHomewood Living MinistriesWritten (PDF)
UNFMitchell, RustyHomewood Living WilliamsportOral + Written (PDF)
UNFKyle, DonHomewood at FrederickOral + Written (PDF)
UNFCiborowski, AllisonLeadingAge MarylandOral
UNFRosenthal, HermanLeadingAge MarylandOral
UNFPowell, StevenLutheran Social Ministries of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
UNFJacque, ZinaNational Senior Communities, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFSawicki, ScottNational Senior Communities, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFKauffman, DannalobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFORoques, CarmelMaryland Department of AgingWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVShattuck, DanielBrocato & ShattuckRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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