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Chair: Rona E. Kramer, Secretary of Aging
Appointed by Governor: Cynthia V. Burke, R.N.; Harriet L. Johnson; one vacancy.
Appointed by Senate President: Katherine A. Klausmeier; Shirley Nathan-Pulliam.
Appointed by House Speaker: two vacancies
Appointed by Secretary of Aging: Odile Brunetto; Mia Brust; Karen H. Sylvester.
301 West Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland, March 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Representing Alzheimer's Association, Greater Maryland Chapter: Ilene W. Rosenthal
Representing assisted living industry: Charlotte Harris Branch; Irene Dunn; one vacancy.
Representing Health Facilities Association of Maryland: one vacancy
Representing Hospice Network of Maryland: one vacancy
Representing Maryland Hospital Association: one vacancy
Representing Mental Health Association of Maryland: Kimberly C. Burton
Representing Mid-Atlantic LifeSpan: William Holman
Representing Service Employees International Union: one vacancy
Representing United Seniors of Maryland: Virginia G. Crespo
Representing Voices for Quality Care: Susan Eddy
Ex officio: Margaret A. Heald, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Barbara J. Bazron, Ph.D., Executive Director, Behavioral Health Administration, Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene; Valarie R. Colmore, designee of Secretary of Human Resources.
Staff: Martha C. Roach
c/o Office of Secretary, Dept. of Aging
301 West Preston St., Suite 1007, Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 767-1067; fax: (410) 333-7943
e-mail: martha.roach@maryland.gov
Formed in October 2000, the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes became the Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted-Living Facilities on October 1, 2005 (Chapter 216, Acts of 2000; Chapter 400, Acts of 2005). The Committee evaluates progress in improving the quality of nursing home and assisted-living facility care statewide.
From the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Deputy Secretary of Health Care Financing reports annually to the Committee on the status of the Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement System. Annually, the Office of Health Care Quality in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene also reports to the Committee on implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities, and the status of quality of care in nursing homes. In the process of reviewing these reports, the Committee develops further proposals on how to improve nursing home care (Code Health-General Article, sec. 19-1409).
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