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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 495

(ii) Establish a family unit structure;
[and]

(iii) Apply the medical assistance
financial eligibility schedules for family units of the same
size; AND

(IV) BEGINNING JULY 1, 1982, INCREASE
ANNUALLY , ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST EVEN $50 LEVEL, THE INCOME
LEVEL BY WITHIN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS
UNDER THE MARYLAND PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY AN AMOUNT
THAT IS GREATER THAN THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR THE
PREVIOUS YEAR. THE LARGER OF:

1. THE SAME PERCENTAGE BY WHICH
BENEFITS UNDER TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (42 USC
401-433) ARE INCREASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DUE TO
COST OF LIVING CHANGES AS THAT PERCENTAGE IS REPORTED IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER PURSUANT TO 42 USC 415 (I) (2) (D) BUT NOT
TO EXCEED 8 PERCENT; OR

2. THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BY WHICH THE
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE INCOME SCHEDULES ARE INCREASED BY THE
STATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 496

(Senate Bill 130)

AN ACT concerning

Credit Card Offenses - Penalties

FOR the purpose of elevating from a misdemeanor to a felony
certain credit card offenses; altering the monetary
distinction between felony and misdemeanor relative to
credit card offenses; and altering the penalties for
conviction of credit card offenses; and providing that
certain acts may be considered as 1 offense under
certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 145(d), (e), (g), and (h), (i), and (j)