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Ch. 216
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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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creating a serious effect on the woman's
present mental health and if carried to
term there is a substantial risk of a
serious or long lasting effect on the
woman's future mental health. Further
provided that $380,000 of this
appropriation may not be expended for
any program or purpose except that the
funds may be expended to provide medical
day care providers with the annual per
diem rate adjustment set forth in COMAR
10.09.07.09(D).
Further provided that $477,500,000 of this
appropriation may not be expended for
any program or purpose except that the
funds may be used for payments to
nursing homes. Further provided that
$2,500,000 of the amount restricted for
payments to nursing homes may not
be expended until the Health
Facilities Association of Maryland
and Mid Atlantic Life Span jointly
develop a proposal for linking
payment through the nursing home
reimbursement formula to quality of
care measures and submit the
proposal to the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene and the budget
committees. The report shall be
submitted by November 1, 2006.
Further provided that $100,000 of this
appropriation is contingent upon the
Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene submitting a plan for linking
payments through the nursing home
reimbursement formula to quality of
care measures and a timetable for
implementing the plan. If the
department's plan differs from the
proposal developed by the nursing
home industry, the report should
articulate the reasons for the
differences. The plan___shall he
submitted no later than January 15,
2007............................................................. 2,117,093,724
2,103,043,724
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