MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               353

SUPERIOR COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY. THE CLERK SHALL RECORD
AND INDEX ALL NOTICES OF LIEN FILED WITH HIT BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND SHALL ENTER THE LIEN IN THE JUDGMENT
DOCKET OF THE COURT. THE LIEN SHALL STATE THE NAME OF
THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYER, THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN, AND THE
DATE. THE LIEN HAS THE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF A
JUDGMENT LIEN. ANY SUCH LIEN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY IS NOT
EFFECTIVE AGAINST A BONA FIDE PURCHASER FOR VALUE, UNLESS
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY HAD BEEN LEVIED UPON BY AN OFFICER
OF A COURT.

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

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 169

(House Bill 457)

AN ACT concerning

Nursing Homes — Itemized Accounts

FOR the purpose of requiring nursing homes to present an
itemized bill to a patient or his representative
upon demand within a certain time; prohibiting the
nursing home from collecting money due unless an
itemized bill is presented; providing for a certain
exception and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 43 - Health

Section 556B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 556B of Article 43 - Health, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (197 1 Replacement Volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

556B.

All hospitals as defined within this article, with
the exception of those operated by the State of Maryland
or any of its political subdivisions, shall [furnish and]
present to each patient upon demand within [thirty (30)]
30 days after discharge, an itemized account, or itemized