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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="14-202" title_number="14" title_name="Adult Protective Services" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Adult Protective Services Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The adult protective services program shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>intake and investigative services including, if appropriate, medical, social, and psychiatric evaluation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>planning for the needs of the recipient of services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>assistance to locate, apply for, and effectively use home care, day care, chore services, transportation, counseling, emergency arrangements, and other health and social services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>cooperation with the courts, including provision of any necessary recommendations, reports, or petitions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>counsel to represent any indigent recipient of services in any protective proceeding or any review board hearing conducted under Subtitle 3 or Subtitle 4 of this title, and assistance to locate, apply for, and effectively use other legal assistance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>notification of and participation by the Secretary of Aging or the director of the local office on aging, as appropriate, as a party in any protective proceeding or review board hearing relating to an individual who is 65 years old or older; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>notification of the appropriate criminal or juvenile delinquency court if the program has information indicating that the interests of the person with a disability as a victim are not adequately protected in a case before the court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For adults 65 years old and over, the services of the protective services program shall be coordinated with the Department of Aging or the local office on aging as appropriate.</text>
  </level>
</section>
