Explore Bills

Requiring the Secretary of Aging to lead implementation of the Longevity Ready Maryland Plan which is a multisector plan on aging that transforms programs, services, policies, institutions, and systems to address the growing population of older adults in the State; repealing, adding, and altering certain duties of the Secretary; requiring the Secretary to maintain a publicly accessible resource on the Department's website for monitoring implementation of the Plan; requiring an updated Longevity Plan every four years; etc.

Altering provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults; and requiring the local department of aging to complete an investigation and make an indicated, not indicated, or undetermined finding within 60 days.

Requiring the Secretary of Aging to lead implementation of the Longevity Ready Maryland Plan which is a multisector plan on aging that transforms programs, services, policies, institutions, and systems to address the growing population of older adults in the State; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible resource on the Department's website for monitoring implementation of the Longevity Ready Maryland Plan; and requiring the Department of Aging to staff the Commission on Aging.

Altering provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults; and requiring a local department of aging to complete an investigation and make an indicated, not indicated, or undetermined finding within 60 days.

Requiring the Department of Aging to conduct an annual financial stress test for each continuing care in a retirement community provider; requiring a continuing care in a retirement community provider to meet with a resident association at least quarterly and in a certain manner; requiring a provider to make agendas and minutes of certain meetings accessible to the provider's subscribers; etc.

Requiring a county that submits an application to the Secretary of Transportation for funding for certain transportation services for elderly and disabled persons to identify interjurisdictional paratransit service routes between facilities within certain networks of providers in the application; requiring the Secretary to adopt procedures to ensure counties cooperate in establishing interjurisdictional paratransit service routes between facilities within certain networks of providers; etc.

Requiring the Department of Aging to provide resources, training, grants, and other support to the Maryland Access Point network to create dementia-friendly communities through community-based efforts; and requiring the Maryland Access Point network to provide certain public awareness and educational materials to communities regarding community-based ways to support individuals with dementia.

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; and repealing a requirement that a subscriber member be selected according to certain standards and criteria.

Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a minimum $2,000,000 appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, under certain circumstances, general funds.

Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, a minimum appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, under certain circumstances, general funds.

Requiring the Department of Human Services to study the potential number of households excluded from automatic standard utility allowance eligibility for the Heat and Eat Program within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to enactment of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025; and requiring the Department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, by December 1, 2026, to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee.

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.

Authorizing the Department of Aging to make grants to nonprofit organizations and area agencies on aging to support social connection for individuals in aging-in-place programs through events or gatherings at multigenerational third places; and defining "multigenerational third place" as a community space other than a personal home or workplace that supports social connection, events, or gathering among individuals of different ages.

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.

Authorizing the Department of Aging to make grants to nonprofit organizations and area agencies on aging to support social connection for individuals in aging-in-place programs through events or gatherings at multigenerational third places.

Requiring a provider of a continuing care retirement community to pay any contractual entrance fee refund not later than 2 years after a continuing care agreement is terminated.

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify and consult with the local health department for the county in which a nursing home is located if the Department initiates an investigation of a nursing home complaint alleging actual harm; establishing the Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative to identify strategies to improve the quality and affordability of care and accessibility of services in nursing homes and assisted living programs; establishing a task force to develop recommendations to further the mission of the Initiative; etc.

Requiring the Department of Aging, in consultation with the Department of Disabilities, the Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Human Services, to conduct a study on the calculation of income for certain housing assistance programs and medical assistance programs and report the results by December 1, 2026, to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health Committee.

Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to provide certain financial records to certain entities; authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to contact certain individuals; and providing certain fiduciary institutions immunity from certain liability.

Authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to delay or deny a disbursement from the account of a certain individual or the account on which a certain individual is a beneficiary; requiring a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to provide certain financial records to certain entities; authorizing a fiduciary institution, under certain circumstances, to contact certain individuals; and providing certain fiduciary institutions immunity from certain liability.

Requiring the University of Maryland, College Park, with assistance from the Department of Human Services, to conduct a feasibility study for establishing and operating the Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program; and requiring the Comptroller, on or before July 1, 2028, to submit a final report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to certain committees.

Establishing the Aging Resilience Fund to be used to carry out the mission of the Department of Aging; authorizing the Fund to be used for administrative expenses including personnel, partnership development, and other programs within the Department; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.

Requiring the University of Maryland, College Park, with assistance from the Department of Human Services, to conduct a feasibility study for establishing and operating the Supporting Our Caregiver Infrastructure Program; and requiring the University of Maryland, College Park, to submit a final report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2028.

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and maintain a caregiver resource webpage with information and resources to support certain caregivers in the State.