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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="14-205" title_number="14" title_name="General Day Care" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Elderly Individuals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Maryland Department of Health may use funds appropriated for the day care for the elderly to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Assist in start–up costs of establishing a day care center for the elderly; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subsidize day care services for financially eligible elderly individuals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The services that are provided by the day care center for the elderly under this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Therapeutic arts and crafts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Community excursions, if appropriate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Hobby cultivation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Health services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Counseling services for elderly individuals and their families;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Group dynamics; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Other services that enhance social functioning and develop activities in daily living and personal independence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
