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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 294
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CHAPTER 294
(House Bill 89)
AN ACT concerning
Maryland Medical Assistance Program Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene - Legal Immigrants - Pregnant Women and Children
FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget
submission for a certain fiscal years year a certain amount of general fund State
support for certain health care services for certain legal immigrant children and
pregnant women; requiring the Governor to include a certain deficiency
appropriation for a certain fiscal year for certain health care services for certain
legal immigrant children and pregnant women; requiring the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before a certain date, to make a certain report
to the Governor and General Assembly; and generally relating to the Maryland
Medical Assistance Program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and
legal immigrant children and pregnant women.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 15-103(a) 15-142
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
15-103.
(a) (1) The Secretary shall administer the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program.
(2) The Program:
(i) Subject to the limitations of the State budget, shall provide
medical and other health care services for indigent individuals or medically indigent
individuals or both;
(ii) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget,
comprehensive medical and other health care services for all eligible pregnant women
whose family income is at or below 250 percent of the poverty level, as permitted by
the federal law;
(iii) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget,
comprehensive medical and other health care services for all eligible children
currently under the age of 1 whose family income falls below 185 percent of the
poverty level, as permitted by federal law;
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