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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="10-454" title_number="10" title_name="Department of Aging" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Continuing Care">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall adopt regulations that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>set standards for continuing care at home providers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide for the certification of continuing care at home providers and the annual renewal of certificates of registration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to the provisions required under subsection (a) of this section, the regulations adopted by the Department shall, at a minimum:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide for and encourage the establishment of continuing care at home programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for an individual who is employed by or under contract with a continuing care at home provider and who will enter a subscriber’s home to provide continuing care at home services:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>set minimum requirements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require a criminal history records check, if the individual will have routine, direct access to a subscriber; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>require the provider to screen and verify the individual’s character references;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>establish standards for the renewal of certificates of registration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>establish standards for entrance fees, deposits, and the number of executed agreements necessary to begin operations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>establish conditions for the release of deposits and entrance fees from escrow accounts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>establish standards for when and how a subscriber or provider may rescind a continuing care at home agreement before continuing care at home services are provided to the subscriber;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>allow a subscriber to rescind a continuing care at home agreement at any time if the terms of the agreement violate this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>establish that a provider may terminate an agreement or discharge a subscriber only for just cause and establish procedures to carry out the termination or discharge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
