HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  1297

(iii) Comply with accreditation standards
for reimbursement under Title XVIII of the Social Security
Act or under the State medical assistance program approved
under Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

(d) Deadline for action.

(1)  The State agency shall act on an application
for a certificate of need within 210 days after the State
agency receives the application or within any shorter period
that the State agency has set for approval or disapproval of
applications.

(2)   If the State agency does not act on an
application within the required period, the applicant may
file with a court of competent jurisdiction within 30 days
after the expiration of the period a petition to require the
State agency to act on the application.]

[19-116.

The circuit court for the county where a health care
project is being developed or operated in violation of Part
I of this subtitle may enjoin further development or
operation.]

[19-117.

(a) "Aggrieved party" defined.

In this section, "aggrieved party" means:

(1)  For purposes of an appeal from a decision of
the State agency on a certificate of need, a person,
including any health care facility, nonprofit health service
plan, or commercial insurance company providing health care
benefits, who:

(i) Has presented a position on a health
care project to the State agency and to the health systems
agency before the decision of the State agency on a health
care project;

(ii) Is affected adversely by the decision
of the State agency on the project; and

(iii) Is not an agency of this State;

(2)  A health systems agency, if:

(i) The decision of the State agency is
inconsistent with the recommendation of the health systems
agency; and