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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(c) (1) Payments under subsection (b)(2) of this section
may not be made for more than 15 days for any single hospital
stay.
(2) (i) Payments under subsection (b)(3) of this
section may not be made for more than 18 days in any calendar
year.
(ii) Notwithstanding any rule or regulation, a
leave of absence is not subject to any requirement that it may
not exceed a particular number of days a visit, except that the
leave of absence may not exceed a total of 18 days during any
12-month period.
(d) Payments required under this section shall be made
according to the per diem payment procedures that the Department
sets and may not be less than the per diem payments made to the
NURSING facility for days when the Program recipient is present
in the facility.
(e) A NURSING facility may not make additional charges
against a Program recipient because the Program recipient is
absent temporarily from the NURSING facility.
[15-119.
For the purposes of §§ 15-103, 15-104, and 15-106 of this
title as they apply to Baltimore City, the Baltimore City
Commissioner of Health may appoint the necessary individuals to
carry out the purposes of those sections within the budget and in
accordance with the Baltimore City charter.]
15-123.
(a) (1) (i) In this subsection the following words have the
meanings indicated.
(ii) "Convicted" includes being convicted after
a plea of nolo contendere.
(iii) "Fraud" includes the commission of or an
attempt or conspiracy to commit a crime such as concealment of
medical records, embezzlement, false pretenses, larceny, larceny
after trust, Medicaid fraud, misappropriation by a fiduciary, or
theft.
(iv) "Person" means an individual, partnership,
limited partnership, or corporation, including a professional
corporation formed under Title 5, Subtitle 1 of the Corporations
and Associations Article.
(2) A person who is convicted of fraud in connection
with the [Maryland Medical Assistance] Program or a similar
program of any other state is ineligible for further payment
under the [Maryland Medical Assistance] Program.
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