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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="15-109.1" title_number="15" title_name="Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Medical and Pharmacy Assistance Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Develop and implement a plan for making the advance directive information sheet developed under § 5–615 of this article widely available; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Make the information sheet described in item (1) of this subsection available in a conspicuous location in each local health department, in each local department of social services, and in community health centers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall implement the plan on or before January 1, 2017.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>During the development of the plan under subsection (a) of this section and the information sheet under § 5–615 of this article, the Office of the Attorney General shall consult with any interested party including the State Advisory Council on Serious Illness Care.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall offer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The information sheet developed under § 5–615 of this article as part of the monthly enrollment packet mailed to a recipient by the enrollment broker; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The use of electronic advance directives to a recipient through an advance directives service that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is approved by the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Department; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Meets the technology, security, and privacy standards established by the Maryland Health Care Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
