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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="11-605" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Legal Services Corporation" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Legal Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Program” means the Affordable Life, Wills, and Estate Planning for Seniors Grant Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is an Affordable Life, Wills, and Estate Planning for Seniors Grant Program in the Corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The purpose of the Program is to provide eligible seniors access to affordable civil law–related services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The provision of services under the Program shall be in accordance with this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Program shall provide:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an intake method, which may include a referral hotline, to screen clients by eligibility and by legal need;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an outreach method for matching eligible clients to a grantee under Subtitle 5 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a grant program to fund grantees representing eligible clients, particularly in rural communities, when no other attorneys are readily available.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Corporation shall publicize the Program, including in rural communities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Program shall provide eligible clients with legal services concerning primarily:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>last will and testaments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>powers of attorney;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>special needs trusts;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>advance health care directives; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>life estate deeds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Corporation may contract with a grantee to provide all or part of the services required under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall include in the annual budget an appropriation of $225,000 for the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the funds made available for the Program under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Corporation may seek funds from any other source to aid in the administration of the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>On or before December 1 each year, beginning in 2023, the Corporation shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the implementation and utilization of the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
