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National Association of Social Workers Profile Report – March 9, 2021 Aging Bill Title & Synopsis Status Position & Client Notes HB 207 Nursing Homes - Resident Change in Condition - Committees: Position: Del. C. Wilson Notification and Consultation With Physician Finance Support Altering a certain provision of law to require Status: Comment: that a nursing home provide immediate, rather Referred Finance (2/24) Changes notification of a change in than just timely, notification regarding a change condition from “timely” to “within 24 in condition of a resident to the resident and, if hours” to the resident and their applicable, the resident's representative or family/representative interested family member and consult with the resident's physician; and altering the list of conditions with respect to which a nursing home must make a certain notification to include a decision to transfer or discharge the resident from the nursing home. HB 276 Congregate Care Facilities - Visitation Committees: Position: Del. Shaneka Health and Government Monitor Henson Requiring a congregate care facility to allow a Operations patient's or resident's family member to visit Comment: the patient or resident under certain Status: May not need a solution if nursing circumstances; requiring a congregate care Hearing 2/02 at 3:45 p.m. homes are getting vaccines now facility to allow for an alternate means of (1/22) communication with the patient or resident, such as audio or video calls, if the congregate care facility determines the presence of certain visitors presents a danger to the health and safety of patients, residents, or staff; requiring 1 Bill Title & Synopsis Status Position & Client Notes the Maryland Department of Health to adopt certain regulations; etc. HB 347 Criminal Law - Exploitation of Vulnerable Adult Committees: Position: Del. Emily Shetty or Elderly Individual - Undue Influence Judicial Proceedings Monitor Altering the definition of "undue influence" for Status: Comment: purposes of provisions of law prohibiting the Hearing 3/18 at 12:30 Support if crosses over exploitation of certain vulnerable adults or p.m. (3/4) individuals at least 68 years old that results in inequity; requiring a court, in determining whether a transfer of property was induced by undue influence, to consider certain factors; and applying the Act prospectively. HB 416 (SB 204) Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs Committees: Position: Del. Lisa Belcastro - Memory Care and Alzheimer's Disease Unit Health and Government Monitor Regulations Operations Comment: Requiring that the Maryland Department of Status: There do not appear to be any existing Health adopt certain regulations that establish Hearing 3/11 at 1:30 p.m. regulations governing memory care specific standards governing memory care and (3/1) programs. Alzheimer's disease units in assisted living programs, including certain training requirements, certain staffing pattern Hold – May be a committee letter to requirements, certain activity requirements, OHCQ certain admissions and discharge criteria, and certain other procedures, and that require compliance by assisted living programs with the standards; etc. SB 204 (HB 416) Health Care Facilities - Assisted Living Programs Committees: Position: Sen. Pamela Beidle - Regulations Health and Government Monitor Operations 2 Bill Title & Synopsis Status Position & Client Notes Requiring that the Maryland Department of Health to adopt regulations establishing Status: Comment: standards governing memory care and Referred Health and Alzheimer's disease units in assisted living Government Operations programs, including the number of hours and (3/3) content of training to be completed yearly by certain staff, a direct care staff standard adequate to meet the needs of residents, and requiring compliance by assisted living programs with the standards; defining "direct care staff" as an employee, a volunteer, or a contractual employee who provides certain services to residents; etc. HB 548 (SB 299) Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Committees: Position: Del. Robbyn Lewis Commission and Training Health and Government Support Operations Establishing the Commission on Trauma- Comment: Informed Care to coordinate a statewide Status: initiative to prioritize the trauma-responsive Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. and trauma-informed delivery of State services (1/21) that impact children, youth, families, and older Rachael will follow up on progress adults; requiring the Commission to submit its findings annually to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30; requiring certain State agencies to designate two staff members to participate in a formal course in trauma- informed care each year and work with other agency designees in work sessions; etc. SB 299 (HB 548) Human Services - Trauma-Informed Care - Committees: Position: Sen. Jill Carter et Commission and Training (Healing Maryland's Finance Support al. Trauma Act) Status: Comment: synopsis same as CF HB 548 3 Bill Title & Synopsis Status Position & Client Notes Prior Yr Info: Second Reading Passed 2020: SB 918 - with Amendments (3/9) HB 554 (SB 507) Division of Consumer Protection - Assisted Committees: Position: Del. Joseline Pena- Living Programs Finance Monitor Melnyk Requiring certain assisted living programs to Status: Comment: report certain information, on or before June 1 Referred Finance (2/24) Aging subcommittee may take position each year, to the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality within the Maryland Department of Health to refer an allegation of an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice by an assisted living program to the Division of Consumer Protection and the Office of the Inspector General within the Department; etc. SB 507 (HB 554) Division of Consumer Protection - Assisted Committees: Position: Sen. Delores Kelley Living Programs Health and Government Monitor et al. Operations Requiring an assisted living program that was Comment: appointed as a representative payee for Status: residents to report certain information, by June Referred Health and 1 each year, to the Division of Consumer Government Operations Protection of the Office of the Attorney (3/3) General; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality in the Maryland Department of Health to notify the Division of the appointment of an assisted living program as a resident's representative payee within a reasonable period of time; requiring unfair trade allegations to be reported in a certain manner; etc. 4 Bill Title & Synopsis Status Position & Client Notes HB 806 (SB 47) Health Facilities - Nursing Homes and Assisted Committees: Position: Del. Karen Young Living Programs - Essential Caregivers Health and Government Monitor Operations Requiring each nursing home and assisted living Comment: program to establish certain policies and Status: procedures authorizing indoor visitation from Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. an essential caregiver and relating to the (2/2) designation and use of an essential caregiver; authorizing nursing homes and assisted living programs to consult with a certain local health officer when establishing certain policies and procedures; requiring an essential caregiver to inform the staff of the nursing home or assisted living program if the essential caregiver develops certain symptoms; etc. SB 47 (HB 806) Health Facilities - Nursing Homes and Assisted Committees: Position: Sen. Paul Living Programs - Essential Caregivers Finance Monitor Corderman synopsis same as CF HB 806 Status: Comment: Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/11) HB 903 Task Force to Study the Maryland Public Committees: Position: Del. Tony Bridges Guardianship Program Health and Government Operations Establishing the Task Force to Study the Comment: Maryland Public Guardianship Program; Status: providing for the composition, co-chairs, and Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task (2/2) Force to assess and analyze the Maryland Public Guardianship Program and make recommendations about how to improve the guardianship program in Maryland; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings 5 Bill Title & Synopsis Status Position & Client Notes and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2022. HB 945 (SB 907) Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Committees: Position: Del. Ned Carey Program - Application for Assistance Economic Matters Support Prohibiting the Office of Home Energy Programs Status: Comment: from requiring certain medical certification Favorable with when a critical medically vulnerable individual Amendments Report by applies for assistance from the Critical Medical Economic Matters (3/10) Needs Program if the applicant is at least 60 years old and assisted by a navigator. SB 907 (HB 945) Human Services - Critical Medical Needs Committees: Position: Sen. Joanne Program - Application for Assistance Finance Support Benson synopsis same as CF HB 945 Status: Comment: Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) HB 983 Nursing Homes - COVID-19 - Visitation Committees: Position: Del. Mary Lehman Health and Government Monitor Requiring the Maryland Department of Health Operations to develop certain guidelines relating to the Comment: restrictions on personal and compassionate Status: care visitation that a nursing home may impose Favorable with to reduce the spread of COVID-19; requiring the Amendments Report by guidelines to include a requirement that nursing Health and Government homes