Section 6-504 - Duties of Department. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-504. Duties of Department.
 

To carry out the system of community services required under this part, the Department or its designee shall: 

(1) adopt regulations, including standards and means for reimbursement from elderly individuals financially able to pay for all or part of the services provided; 

(2) monitor continuously the effectiveness of the system and perform evaluative research through the Department of Aging; 

(3) contract, where feasible and desirable, with governmental units, private nonprofit organizations, and volunteer groups to provide community services and group nutritional dining services; 

(4) provide funds to train individuals to perform community services and for administrative costs of the system; and 

(5) use, to the extent available, grants from federal, State, and other public or private sources to fund the system. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 86; 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]