Md. Code, Health - General § 14-302
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health - General § 14-302, part of Maryland’s Code, Health - General — covers public health regulation.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
§14–302.
Official statutory text
(a) The purposes of this subtitle are:
(1) To provide for the establishment of day care centers for adults and services that will give medically handicapped adults the chance to stay with their families or in their communities instead of being placed in a nursing home or State institution; and
(2) To allow this State to deal more effectively and economically with the needs of its medically handicapped adults.
(b) The General Assembly intends that day care centers for adults and services be used:
(1) To avoid, as much as possible, unnecessary commitment of a medically handicapped adult to a nursing home, State institution, or other long term care facility;
(2) To provide opportunities for medically handicapped adults to be discharged from nursing homes, State institutions, or general or special hospitals; and
(3) To serve only those medically handicapped adults who otherwise would be eligible under State or federal law for care in a nursing home, State institution, or other long term care facility.
(1) To provide for the establishment of day care centers for adults and services that will give medically handicapped adults the chance to stay with their families or in their communities instead of being placed in a nursing home or State institution; and
(2) To allow this State to deal more effectively and economically with the needs of its medically handicapped adults.
(b) The General Assembly intends that day care centers for adults and services be used:
(1) To avoid, as much as possible, unnecessary commitment of a medically handicapped adult to a nursing home, State institution, or other long term care facility;
(2) To provide opportunities for medically handicapped adults to be discharged from nursing homes, State institutions, or general or special hospitals; and
(3) To serve only those medically handicapped adults who otherwise would be eligible under State or federal law for care in a nursing home, State institution, or other long term care facility.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in Maryland?
Find a Maryland lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.