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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-1806" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Assisted Living Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Continuing care” has the meaning stated in § 10–401 of the Human Services Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Continuing care agreement” has the meaning stated in § 10–401 of the Human Services Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to assisted living programs that offer assisted living program services as part of a continuum of care in accordance with a continuing care agreement that does not require a subscriber to execute a separate assisted living agreement to receive those services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An assisted living program subject to this section that meets the requirements of Title 10, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article with regard to assisted living is not required to execute a separate assisted living resident agreement that is in addition to the continuing care agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, if a separate assisted living resident agreement is not utilized, references to a resident agreement in any regulations adopted under this subtitle shall mean the continuing care agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A continuing care agreement that contains a provision to provide assisted living program services and does not require a subscriber to execute a separate assisted living agreement to receive those services is not required to contain general or specific contract provisions, except as required under Title 10, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article, that apply to assisted living programs that are not subject to this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to subsection (c) of this section, an assisted living program subject to this section is not required to provide a disclosure statement relating to its assisted living program separate from any disclosure statement required by Title 10, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article for continuing care.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any disclosure statement required to be provided to a resident under Title 10, Subtitle 4 of the Human Services Article shall include information that is required to be disclosed by an assisted living program in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A transfer of a resident from an assisted living program subject to this section to another assisted living or continuing care arrangement governed by the same continuing care agreement may not be considered a relocation or discharge from the assisted living program for purposes of triggering any regulatory requirements adopted under this subtitle for matters relating to notice, financial accounting, or refunds.</text>
  </level>
</section>
