3760                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 712

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

144.

(A)  The obtaining of property or services by uttering
or passing a bad check, when the uttering or passing is not
accompanied by any false representations other than a [false
representation or] false representation that there are
sufficient funds with the drawee to cover the check, [shall]
MAY not be prosecuted under the subheading "theft" of this
article, or under any other section of this article if the
person who obtains the property or services makes the check
good within ten days of dishonor by the drawee of the check;
and no prosecution shall be commenced by warrant,
information, indictment, or other charging document until
the expiration of that period of ten days.

(B)  A PERSON WHO OBTAINS PROPERTY OR SERVICES BY
UTTERING OR PASSING A BAD CHECK MAY BE IMMEDIATELY
PROSECUTED UNDER THE SUBHEADING "THEFT" OF THIS ARTICLE, OR
ANY OTHER SECTION OF THIS ARTICLE IF:

(1) THE PERSON UTTERING THE CHECK WAS THE DRAWER
AND DID NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THE DRAWEE AT THE TIME OF
UTTERANCE; OR

(2) THE PERSON PASSING THE CHECK KNEW THAT THE
DRAWER OF THE CHECK DID NOT HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THE DRAWEE
AT THE TIME OF UTTERANCE.

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

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 713
(House Bill 1438)
AN ACT concerning

Medicaid - Reimbursement of Providers