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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-712" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Nonresidential Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary shall establish and implement a Quality Assurance Program for the Community Supported Living Arrangements Services Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Quality Assurance Program shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A system of external monitoring of providers of community supported living arrangements services by recipients, family members, and other interested parties that focuses on the recipient’s quality of life;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Reporting procedures to make information available to the public as required by federal regulations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provisions for the ongoing monitoring of the health and well-being of each recipient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any State plan amendment affecting the State Medical Assistance Program regarding community supported living arrangements services, including the Quality Assurance Program, shall be reviewed by the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council and the Maryland Disability Law Center.</text>
  </level>
</section>
