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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 280
liability; authorizing the Board of Directors of the Maryland Health Insurance
Plan to use transfer certain funds for to the Major Information Technology
Development Project Fund to be used for the design and development of a
certain eligibility system under certain circumstances; requiring the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report to the Board of Directors of
the Maryland Health Insurance Plan on a plan to implement the proposed
eligibility system; prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
from implementing the proposed eligibility system until certain conditions are
met; making certain provisions of this Act subject to a certain contingency;
requiring a health maintenance organization to reimburse a community health
resource for certain services; providing that a certain nonprofit health
maintenance organization is not subject to the insurance premium tax; requiring
the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission, in collaboration with
community health resources and local health departments, to develop a specialty
care network for certain individuals; requiring the specialty care network to meet
certain requirements; requiring individuals who receive care through the
specialty care network to pay for specialty care according to a sliding scale fee;
requiring specialty care to be subsidized by certain funds, subject to the State
budget; requiring the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to
provide to community health resources subsidies for specialty care; requiring a
certain nonprofit health maintenance organization to transfer certain funds, to a
certain Medical Assistance Program Account; providing that beginning in a
certain fiscal year, a certain amount of money allocated to the Medical Assistance
Program Account that exceeds the amount needed to increase certain health care
provider rates shall be transferred, in accordance with the State budget, to the
Community Health Resources Commission Fund for a certain purpose; requiring
a certain nonprofit health maintenance organization to file a certain report with
the Maryland Insurance Commissioner on or before a certain date; requiring the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to transfer to the Community Health
Resources Commission Fund, within a certain time period, certain money
collected from a nonprofit health maintenance organization; providing that
certain portions of the Medical Assistance Program Account may be used by the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene only for certain purposes; authorizing
the Board of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to authorize the transfer of
certain funds from the Maryland Health Insurance Plan Fund to the Major
Information Technology Development Project Fund to design and develop a
certain computerized eligibility system; providing that certain money transferred
shall be redistributed to the Maryland Health Insurance Plan under certain
circumstances; providing for the purpose of the computerized eligibility system;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to submit a certain
report to the Board of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan that includes certain
information; prohibiting the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from
implementing a certain plan until certain actions have been taken by the Board
of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan; making certain provisions of this Act
subject to certain contingencies; making certain provisions of this Act retroactive;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to apply for certain
waivers; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to review
certain rates, make a certain comparison, and report on the review and
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