COLESVILLE, Md. — A powerful state legislator overseeing health care in Maryland says the looming eviction of 53 memory care patients from a facility in Colesville is “shocking.”

Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, a Baltimore City Democrat who runs the House of Delegates Subcommittee on Long Term Care in Maryland, says the state’s regulations should offer more protection to vulnerable elders.

He’s urging to the company behind the eviction notice at The Landing of Silver Spring in Colesville to reconsider its 45-day notice to get out, while lawmakers work on possible changes.