Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities - Membership

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SENATE BILL 123
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(PRE–FILED) CF HB 747
By: Senator Simonaire
Requested: June 2, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Finance
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 16, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living 2
Facilities – Membership 3

FOR the purpose of altering the membership of the Oversight Committee on Quality of 4
Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities; and generally relating to the 5
Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living 6
Facilities. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Health – General 9
Section 19–1409(a) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Health – General 14
Section 19–1409(b) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 17

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19

Article – Health – General 20
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19–1409. 1

(a) There is an Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and 2
Assisted Living Facilities. 3

(b) The Oversight Committee shall consist of the following members: 4

(1) One member of the Senate Finance Committee, appointed by the 5
President of the Senate; 6

(2) [One member of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental 7
Affairs Committee, appointed by the President of the Senate; 8

(3) Two members] ONE MEMBER of the House Health and Government 9
Operations Committee, appointed by the Speaker of the House; 10

[(4)] (3) The Secretary of Aging, or the Secretary’s designee; 11

[(5)] (4) The Secretary of Health, or the Secretary’s designee; 12

[(6)] (5) The Director of the Office of Health Care Quality, or the 13
Director’s designee; 14

[(7)] (6) The Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health, or the Deputy 15
Secretary’s designee; 16

[(8)] (7) The Secretary of Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee; 17

[(9)] (8) The Secretary of Disabilities, or the Secretary’s designee; 18

[(10)] (9) The State Long–Term Care Ombudsman; 19

[(11)] (10) Two representatives of area agencies on aging, one of which shall 20
be a member of a local long –term care ombudsman program established under Title 10, 21
Subtitle 9 of the Human Services Article, selected by the President of the Maryland 22
Association of Area Agencies on Aging; 23

[(12)] (11) One representative of a local long–term care ombudsman entity, 24
selected by the State Long–Term Care Ombudsman; 25

[(13)] (12) Three consumer members, selected by the State Long –Term 26
Care Ombudsman, all of whom shall be consumers living in an assisted living facility or a 27
nursing home or have a family member living in an assisted living facility or a nursing 28
home; 29

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[(14)] (13) The following representatives, selected by the organizations the 1
individual represents: 2

(i) One representative from the Health Facilities Association of 3
Maryland; 4

(ii) (I) One representative from the Mid–Atlantic LifeSpan; 5

(iii) (II) One representative of the Hospice Network of Maryland; 6

(iv) (III) One representative of the Maryland Hospital Association; 7

(v) (IV) One representative of 1199SEIU United Health Workers 8
East; 9

(vi) (V) One representative of the Maryland Chapter of AARP; 10

(vii) (VI) One representative of United Seniors of Maryland; 11

(viii) One representative of Voices for Quality Care; 12

(ix) (VII) One representative of the Mental Health Association of 13
Maryland knowledgeable in issues of aging; 14

(x) (VIII) One representative of the Greater Maryland Chapter of 15
the Alzheimer’s Association; and 16

(xi) (IX) One representative of the Maryland Association of FOR 17
MEDICAL Adult Day Services; and 18

(X) ONE REPRESENTATIVE OF LEADINGAGE MARYLAND; AND 19

[(15)] (14) Three representatives from the assisted living industry, of 20
which, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, one shall represent a program that cares for one 21
to four residents, one shall represent a program that cares for five to nine residents, and 22
one shall represent a program that cares for more than 10 residents. 23

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER EN ACTED, That this Act shall take effect 24
October 1, 2026. 25