Juvenile courts can order seriously disabled children under the guardianship of the state to continue receiving care after they age out of the foster system to prevent a lapse in services during the transition to the adult system, the state ...

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The family of a man who had the mental capacity of a 1-year-old has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his care provider, alleging employees did not provide him proper supervision. Mitchell Bruh, 44, was under the care of The ...

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Lax verification procedures at a state-run hospital and nursing home in Hagerstown allowed the facility to be overcharged by $25,639 for pharmaceutical products, according to a state audit report released Thursday. Staff at the Western Maryland Hospital Center didn’t consistently ...

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Department of Health and Mental Hygiene alleges that the juvenile court ordered DHMH to provide specific services to Dustin after he turned 21, at which point Dustin would no longer be subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, exceeding the authorization granted to the juvenile court. After reviewing the purported final judgment, we must conclude that this Court lacks the power to resolve any of those issues as there was no final order from which an appeal could be taken.

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The state medical examiner’s office failed to comply with government procurement rules repeatedly over the past several years, according to an audit released Monday.

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Business professionals, health care providers and community health advocates will put their heads together next week to brainstorm and learn about ways to reduce hypertension in their neighborhoods.

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As the state implements two new programs that will expand health care providers’ use of telemedicine, private technology companies that provide the necessary equipment are gearing up for an explosion of new business.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland health officials will investigate allegations of racism against the Anne Arundel County Department of Health, the health secretary said Wednesday. Dr. Angela Wakhweya, who is black, was fired as county health officer by the county council in ...

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A few government and politics headlines for Friday.

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Calling the plans ill-suited to the site, the city’s design review panel on Thursday rejected schematic designs for a 15-story hotel in Middle East as part of the 88-acre East Baltimore Development Inc. project.

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