Dialysis drugs and devices, permits to distribute to homes of
dialysis patients, provisions altered .............................................

Emergency Medical Services -

Advisory Council, membership altered .........................................

Board, authorized to set fees designated for trauma and

specialty referral centers............................................................

Personnel who act to resuscitate a person when a "do not
resuscitate" order ordinarily would apply, immunity from
liability and a finding of unprofessional conduct, provisions
added ...........................................................................................

Emerging medical and surgical treatments, insurance carriers
required to provide and disclose process for evaluating, and to
establish patient selection criteria for such treatment for which
coverage is provided .......................................................................

Environmental Justice, Advisory Council on, established ..............

Food establishment regulations, "excluded organization"
definition expanded to allow an eligible organization to serve
food to the public for up to 14 consecutive days once a year......

Health Care Foundation, Maryland, established to promote
expanded access to health care services for the uninsured ........

Health Claims Arbitration Office, appropriation to ........................

Health maintenance organization 24-hour toll free telephone
access system, to determine patient's primary care provider and
participating specialists at a given hospital, use of system by
hospital emergency department, and authorization to use
hospital's on-call health care providers for emergency services,
provisions added .............................................................................

Home and Community-Based Services Waiver, pilot project for
expanding participation, provisions added ...................................

Juvenile inmates in correctional facilities, authorization for
medical treatment, provisions added ............................................

Lead Poisoning -

Prevention Program, deadlines and other significant dates,

delayed .........................................................................................

Screening program for children under 6, provision of
documentation of lead screening to child care providers, and
case management of children with high blood lead levels,
provisions added ........................................................................

Lead-based paint within residential rental property, rent escrow
compliance standards altered ........................................................

Local and Family Health Administration, appropriation to...........

Medical Records -

Disclosure by health care providers without the authorization of
the person in interest, provisions altered .................................

363	2501
3	155
432	2701
616	3461
521	2941
714 3	4096 143 246 259 284 307
185	1874

-5117-

168	1806
508	2888
12	369
172	1815
195	1900
332 741	2380 4204
418	2667
180 3	1830 71

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