Renewal of any license or permit issued under the Health
Occupations Article, verification by issuing authority that all
undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions
have been paid, requirements added ............................................
Services within scope of practice of licensed clinical professional
counselor, licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, or
licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor, health insurance
reimbursement requirements clarified .........................................
Social Work Examiners, State Board of -
Fund, transfer of funds to the General Fund ..............................
Termination date extended and report required; evaluation
deadline added; provisions for vacancies and officers altered .
Social workers, licensing requirements altered ...............................
Trauma Physician Services Fund, Maryland, established, and
funding source, purpose, and disbursement provisions added;
State emergency medical response system and trauma system,
studies and reports required .........................................................
Health Planning and Cost Review —
Continuing care retirement communities that have not met
presales requirements, conditions for certification, provisions
added ...............................................................................................
Health Services Cost Review Commission -
Appropriation to .............................................................................
Promotion of the racial, gender, and geographic diversity of the
commission when vacancies filled, requirements added .........
Hospices, jurisdictions in which a general hospice may provide
home-based hospice services, restrictions added; annual survey
of hospice programs, study and report of status of hospice
services, and update of State health plan's hospice chapter,
requirements added .......................................................................
Managed behavioral health care organizations, disclosure,
reporting, and record keeping requirements for health insurer
or health maintenance organization that contracts with,
provisions altered ...........................................................................
Mandated health insurance services, evaluation and report by
Maryland Health Care Commission, requirements altered ........
Maryland Health Insurance Program (MHIP) and Senior
Prescription Drug Program (SPDP), determination and
collection of hospital assessments, premium collection and rate
adjustment, and payment of claims, provisions altered;
CareFirst contribution to SPDP, clarified ....................................
Medical review committees, categories expanded to include the
Maryland Patient Safety Center ...................................................
- 4060 -
INDEX
203
|
1828
|
338
|
2441
|
203
|
1816
|
228
|
2009
|
111
|
1269
|
385
|
2773
|
309
|
2314
|
202
|
1623
|
349
|
2462
|
404
|
2874
|
323
|
2400
|
437
|
2998
|
1
|
1
|
126
|
1305
|
|