It is the policy of the Maryland Department of Health, in accordance with:

1. A. Health-General Article, §16-203(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland, to excuse a legally responsible relative from contributing to the cost of in-patient care of a recipient of services if that legally responsible relative has been abandoned by the recipient of services;

2. B. Health-General Article, §16-203(a)(4), Annotated Code of Maryland, to excuse all legally responsible relatives from contributing to the cost of in-patient care of a recipient of services if that recipient of services has committed any of the following actions in relation to any legally responsible relative:

   1. (1) Abuse or physical abuse;
   2. (2) Crime of violence; or
   3. (3) Sexual abuse.

Authority: Health-General Article, §16-203, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1971

Regulations .01, .02B, and .03A amended effective May 5, 1986 (13:9 Md. R. 1028)

Regulation .03C repealed effective May 5, 1986 (13:9 Md. R. 1028)

Chapter repealed effective June 27, 1988 (15:13 Md. R. 1552)

Regulations .01—.03 under a new chapter, Abandonment or Abuse of Responsible Relatives by Recipients of Care, adopted effective June 27, 1988 (15:13 Md. R. 1552)

Regulation .01 amended effective January 17, 2005 (32:1 Md. R. 27)