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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="10-1301" title_number="10" title_name="Department of Aging" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Long–term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>subject to subsection (b) of this section, oversee and train the staff of long–term care and dementia care navigation programs under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>disseminate best practices and collect interaction data to ensure statewide program integrity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The work of the long–term care and dementia care navigation programs under this subtitle shall be guided by the recommendations of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State Plan on Aging; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Council under Title 13, Subtitle 32 of the Health – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, the Department shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee, on the services provided under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report required under this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of direct contacts each long–term care and dementia care navigation program has with State residents; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the result of each direct contact, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the percentage of individuals referred to service providers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the number of cognitive  screenings conducted;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the number of outreach events conducted; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the number of State residents contacted through outreach events.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Department shall publish the report required under this subsection on the Department’s website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
