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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="7-404" title_number="7" title_name="Individuals With Disabilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Attendant Care Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall ensure that at any given time at least 50% of the eligible individuals receiving financial assistance under the Program are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>gainfully employed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>actively seeking employment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>attending an institution of postsecondary or higher education, as defined in § 10–101 of the Education Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The remainder of the eligible individuals receiving financial assistance under the Program shall be individuals who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reside in a nursing facility or similar institution licensed to provide chronic or intermediate care and who will be deinstitutionalized as a result of the Program; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>are certified by an attending physician, physician assistant, or certified nurse practitioner as being at risk of placement in a nursing facility or similar institution licensed to provide chronic or intermediate care if attendant care services are not received in the community.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the availability of funds, the Secretary may waive the proportional requirement of subsection (a)(1) of this section in the event there is a waiting list of eligible individuals described in subsection (a)(2) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations to establish priorities and procedures for a waiting list of eligible individuals.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An eligible individual receiving financial assistance may not be removed from the Program to achieve the proportional requirement under subsection (a)(1) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Financial assistance provided under the Program may not duplicate any other State or federal assistance for attendant care services or ongoing additional supports that an eligible individual receives.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall limit participation in the Program to the number of eligible individuals who can be served with the funds appropriated for the Program in the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Each year, the Department shall review the eligibility of each individual receiving financial assistance.</text>
  </level>
</section>
