# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 08 — Health Facilities Grants

### Chapter 04 — Construction Funds for Public and Nonprofit Assisted Living Facilities

#### Regulation .03 Use of State Grant Funds.

*COMAR 10.08.04.03*

A. State grant funds for assisted living facilities may be used for the following:

  (1) The conversion of public buildings or parts of buildings;

  (2) The acquisition of existing buildings or parts of buildings;

  (3) The renovation of assisted living facilities;

  (4) The purchase of initial capital equipment; or

  (5) The plan, design, and construction of an assisted living facility.

B. State grant funds may be used to acquire an existing building or part of a building or to plan, design, and construct an assisted living facility only if the local government and the Department certify to the Board of Public Works that a surplus public building appropriate for use as an assisted living facility does not exist in the area in which the proposed assisted living facility is to be located.