Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB671: Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act concerning Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a minimum percentage of the special funds collected from the Medicaid quality assessment imposed on certain nursing facilities to fund the operations of appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, under certain circumstances, general funds…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Nursing Facilities - Medicaid Quality Assessment - Funding of Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman - Mandatory Appropriation FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a minimum percentage of the special funds collected from the Medicaid quality assessment imposed on certain nursing facilities to fund the operations of appropriation for the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman from certain money remitted by managed care organizations and, under certain circumstances, general funds; and generally relating to the quality assessments imposed on nursing facilities Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health - General Section 19-310.1 Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without with amendments, Article - Human Services Section 10-903 Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Health - General 19-310.1. (a) (1) This section applies to a nursing facility, as defined in § 19-301 of this subtitle, and (ii) Operates in the State. (2) This section does not apply to a nursing home bed in a continuing care retirement community that has obtained a certificate of registration to provide continuing care …