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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 541
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1. Is not directly related to patient care; and
2. Is not directly related to any change in patient charges or
other rates;
(vii) A capital expenditure by a hospital, as defined in § 19-301 of
this title, for equipment, construction, or renovation that:
1. Is not directly related to patient care; and
2. Does not increase patient charges or hospital rates;
(viii) A capital expenditure by a hospital as defined in § 19-301 of
this title, for a project in excess of [$1,250,000] $10,000,000 for construction or
renovation that:
1. May be related to patient care;
2. Does not require, over the entire period or schedule of debt
service associated with the project, a total cumulative increase in patient charges or
hospital rates of more than $1,500,000 for the capital costs associated with the project
as determined by the Commission, after consultation with the Health Services Cost
Review Commission;
3. At least 45 days before the proposed expenditure is made,
the hospital notifies the Commission [and within]; AND
A. WITHIN 45 days of receipt of the relevant financial
information, the Commission makes the financial determination required under item
2 of this subparagraph; OR
B. THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE THE FINANCIAL
DETERMINATION REQUIRED UNDER ITEM 2 OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH WITHIN 60
DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL INFORMATION; and
4. The relevant financial information to be submitted by the
hospital is defined in regulations adopted by the Commission, after consultation with
the Health Services Cost Review Commission; or
(ix) A plant donated to a hospital as defined in § 19-301 of this title,
which does not require a cumulative increase in patient charges or hospital rates of
more than $1,500,000 for capital costs associated with the donated plant as
determined by the Commission, after consultation with the Health Services Cost
Review Commission that:
1. At least 45 days before the proposed donation is made, the
hospital notifies the Commission [and within]; AND
A. WITHIN 45 days of receipt of the relevant financial
information, the Commission makes the financial determination required under this
subparagraph; OR
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