# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 10. Department of Aging

### Subtitle 10. Aging and Disability Resource Center Program

#### Section 10-1001

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Aging and Disability Resource Center" has the meaning stated in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 3002(4).

(c) "Long-term services and supports" means the broad range of assistance needed by  older adults and individuals with disabilities.

(d) "Options counseling" means an interactive process that:

  (1) considers an individual's needs, preferences, values, and circumstances;

  (2) assists and supports the individual and others the individual requests to participate in the process;

  (3) determines the individual's goals for independent living; and

  (4) develops an appropriate long-term services and supports plan to achieve those goals.

(e) "Program" means the Aging and Disability Resource Center Program established under this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)