DEPT. OF HEALTH v. BROWN

Kathleen E. Wherthey, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., Lorie A. Mayorga, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Health Hygiene of Baltimore, on brief), for Petitioner. Bruce Vignery (Sarah Lenz Lock, Washington, DC, on brief), Mary Aquino (Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. of Towson, J. Peter Sabonis, Legal Aid Bureau of Baltimore, on brief), for Respondent. Ron M. Landsman, Rockville, Jason A. Frank, Lutherville, Morris Klein, Bethesda, Amicus Curiae. Gregory P. Care, Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore, Gene Coffey, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Washington, DC, Amici Curiae.