Section 14-304 - General responsibilities; purchase of services. - Maryland Statutes

§ 14-304. General responsibilities; purchase of services.
 

(a)  Cooperation between Departments.- The Department of Human Resources shall cooperate with and assist the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in carrying out the purposes of this subtitle. 

(b)  General responsibilities.- The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall: 

(1) Provide the guidance and means for establishing day care centers for adults in accordance with this subtitle; 

(2) Recruit and encourage the establishment of day care centers for adults; 

(3) Provide for licensing of day care centers for adults; and 

(4) Adopt and enforce rules and regulations that set the standards necessary for the welfare and safety of medically handicapped adults who receive care in these day care centers for adults. 

(c)  Purchase of services.-  

(1) The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall buy from any public or private agency the day care services for medically handicapped adults that are necessary and essential to enhance their well-being. 

(2) These services shall include: 

(i) Therapeutic arts and crafts; 

(ii) Community excursions, if appropriate; 

(iii) Hobby cultivation; 

(iv) Health services; 

(v) Counseling services for medically handicapped adults and their families; 

(vi) Group dynamics; and 

(vii) Other services that enhance social functioning and develop activities in daily living and personal independence. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 717-I; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]