2013 Maryland Code
HUMAN SERVICES
§ 10-604 - Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council [Effective until October 1, 2013]
§10-604.
(a) There is an Innovations in Aging Services Advisory Council in the Department.
(b) The Council consists of the following 15 members:
(1) the Secretary of Aging;
(2) the chair of the Maryland Commission on Aging or the chair’s designee;
(3) the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene or the Secretary’s designee;
(4) one member of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President of the Senate;
(5) one member of the Maryland House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker; and
(6) the following 10 members appointed by the Secretary of Aging:
(i) five representatives of organizations providing services to seniors;
(ii) two representatives of senior consumers of services to seniors;
(iii) a director of an area agency;
(iv) a representative of a Community for a Lifetime; and
(v) a representative of the University of Maryland Center on Aging.
(c) The Secretary is the chair of the Council.
(d) (1) The term of a member of the Council is 4 years.
(2) The terms of the members appointed by the Secretary are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Council on October 1, 2007.
(3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(4) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
§ 10-604 - Grants §Effective October 1, 2013]
(a) Grant proposals. -- The Secretary shall solicit grant proposals to implement the Program priorities approved by the Governor and the General Assembly under § 10-603(a) of this subtitle.
(b) Awarding grants. -- With the advice of the Council, the Secretary shall award grants funded in accordance with the approved Program priorities.
(c) Evaluation of programs funded. -- The Secretary shall provide for the evaluation, by recognized authorities in the field of services to seniors, of the programs funded by the grants.
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