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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 16
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(3) (i) For eligible individuals whose family income is at or above 185
percent of the federal poverty level, the Department shall develop an annual family
contribution amount payment system such that the cost of the family contribution is
at least 1 percent of the annual family income but does not exceed 2 percent of the
annual family income.
(ii) The Department shall determine by regulation the schedules
and the method of collection for the family contribution amount under subparagraph
(i) of this paragraph.
(iii) Before collecting a family contribution from any individual, the
Department shall provide the individual with notice of the requirements of the family
contribution amount and the options available to the individual to make premium
payments.]
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article - Health - General
15-101.
(f) "Managed care organization" means:
(1) A certified health maintenance organization that is authorized to
receive medical assistance prepaid capitation payments; or
(2) A corporation that:
(i) Is a managed care system that is authorized to receive medical
assistance prepaid capitation payments;
(ii) Enrolls only program recipients or individuals or families
served under the [Children and Families Health Care Program] MARYLAND
CHILDREN'S HEALTH PROGRAM; and
(iii) Is subject to the requirements of § 15-102.4 of this title.
15-103.
(a) (2) The Program:
(i) Subject to the limitations of the State budget, shall provide
comprehensive medical and other health care services for indigent individuals or
medically indigent individuals or both;
(ii) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget,
comprehensive medical and other health care services for all eligible pregnant women
whose family income is at or below [200] 250 percent of the poverty level, as permitted
by the federal law;
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