Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB938: Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
Status: Chaptered, May 6, 2025
Requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; and authorizing the alternate subscriber member to attend all meetings of the governing body and vote only if the regular subscriber is unable to fulfill the subscriber's duties as a regular member of the governing body.
What the bill says
An act concerning Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership FOR the purpose of requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; providing for the duties of the alternate subscriber member; and generally relating to the membership of governing bodies of continuing care providers. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Human Services Section 10-427 Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement).
From the enrolled text, May 8, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership FOR the purpose of requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; providing for the duties of the alternate subscriber member; and generally relating to the membership of governing bodies of continuing care providers. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Human Services Section 10-427 Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Human Services 10-427. (a) (1) If a provider has a governing body, at least one of the provider's subscribers shall be a full and regular member of the governing body. (2) If the provider owns or operates more than three facilities in the State, the governing body shall include at least one of the provider's subscribers for every three facilities in the State. (3) (I) IF THE GOVERNING BODY HAS ONLY ONE SUBSCRIBER, THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ALTERNATE SUBSCRIBER TO SERVE AS A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY IF THE REGULAR SUBSCRIBER IS UNABLE TO FULFILL THE SUBSCRIBER'S DUTIES. (II) THE ALTERNATE SUBSCRIBER AND 2. VOTE ONLY IF THE REGULAR SUBSCRIBER IS UNABLE TO FULFILL THE SUBSCRIBER'S …