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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 663

Article 43 - Health

42E.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW AND

REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE UNDER TITLE XIX OF THE
SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF 1965, THE DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE MAY MAKE CLAIM AGAINST THE

ESTATE OF AN INDIGENT OR MEDICALLY INDIGENT PERSON    FOR

THE AMOUNT OF ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS MADE ON    HIS
BEHALF BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT [[MAY]] SHALL

WAIVE ITS CLAIM IF IT DETERMINES THAT ENFORCEMENT OF THE

CLAIM WOULD RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP TO THE

DEPENDENTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGAINST WHOSE ESTATE THE
CLAIM EXISTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 664

(House Bill 610)

AN ACT concerning

Public Health Laboratory — Fees for Services

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene to establish fees for certain
services performed by the public health laboratory;
[[eliminating the requirement that the laboratory
analyze water, food, and drugs without charge;])
providing for payment and collection of the fees;
and generally clarifying the provisions relating to
the public health laboratory.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 35(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 35(a) of Article 43 - Health, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows: