Maryland Health - General Section 15-402

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** SPECIAL NOTE: NOT IN EFFECT - CONTINGENCY - CHAPTER 442 - 1996 **

      (a)      There is a Maryland Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.

      (b)      The purposes of the Program are to:

            (1)      Provide incentives for individuals to insure against the costs of providing for their long-term care needs;

            (2)      Provide mechanisms for individuals to qualify for coverage of the costs of their long-term care needs under the medical assistance program without first being required to substantially exhaust all their resources;

            (3)      Assist in developing methods for increasing access to and the affordability of a long-term care policy; and

            (4)      Alleviate the financial burden on the State's medical assistance program by encouraging pursuit of private initiatives.

      (c)      The Program shall:

            (1)      Be administered by:

                  (i)      The Department; and

                  (ii)      The Commissioner; and

            (2)      Provide for the financing of long-term care services by:

                  (i)      Private insurance; and

                  (ii)      State medical assistance.