# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 15. Assistance Programs

### Subtitle 4. Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership

#### Section 15-402

(a) There is a Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership.

(b) The purposes of the Program are to:

  (1) Provide incentives for individuals to insure against the costs of providing for their long-term care needs;

  (2) Provide mechanisms for individuals to qualify for coverage of the costs of their long-term care needs under the medical assistance program without first being required to substantially exhaust all their resources;

  (3) Assist in developing methods for increasing access to and the affordability of a long-term care policy; and

  (4) Alleviate the financial burden on the State's medical assistance program by encouraging pursuit of private initiatives.

(c) The Program shall:

  (1) Be administered by:

    (i) The Department; and

    (ii) The Commissioner;

  (2) Provide for the financing of long-term care services by:

    (i) Private insurance; and

    (ii) State medical assistance; and

  (3) Comply with the requirements of Sec. 1917(b) of the Social Security Act and any applicable federal guidelines.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)