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Ch. 550 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. and Shady Grove
Adventist Hospital shall report, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government
Article, to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government
Operations Committee on the status of negotiations for payment of services at the
freestanding medical facility pilot project established under § 19-3A-07, as enacted
by Section 1 of this Act.
SECTION 2. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1 June 1, 2005 and, with respect to the application of § 19-120(k)(5)(viii) of
the Health - General Article, this Act shall be implemented based on the Maryland
Health Care Commission regulations in effect on that date and generally applicable to
all hospital projects considered under that provision.
Approved May 26, 2005.
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CHAPTER 550
(Senate Bill 231)
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AN ACT concerning
Hospitals - Emergency Department Services - Satellite Locations
Freestanding Medical Facilities - Licensing and Pilot Project
FOR the purpose of exempting from certificate of need requirements the
establishment of certain emergency department services at a satellite location of
an acute care general hospital under certain circumstances; altering certain
definitions; providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to
the regulation of hospital emergency department services at satellite locations.
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt
regulations for licensing a certain freestanding medical facility; requiring a
freestanding medical facility to meet certain standards; requiring the
Department to issue a license to a freestanding medical facility that meets
licensure requirements and receives approval from the Maryland Health Care
Commission; providing for a certain exception; authorizing the Department to
impose certain sanctions against a freestanding medical facility under certain
circumstances; requiring the Department, before imposing certain sanctions, to
give notice and the opportunity for a hearing and judicial review under the
Administrative Procedure Act; requiring the Department, before imposing a
directed plan of correction, to give notice and the opportunity for a certain
informal hearing; establishing a freestanding medical facility pilot project;
requiring the Department to issue a freestanding medical facility license to a
freestanding medical facility pilot project under certain circumstances;
requiring a freestanding medical facility pilot project to provide to the Maryland
Health Care Commission certain information; providing that a certificate of
need is not required for a freestanding medical facility pilot project; requiring
certain entities to pay claims submitted by a freestanding medical facility pilot
project at certain rates; requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to
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