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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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S.B. 716
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May 26, 2005
The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, MD 21401
Dear Mr. President:
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, today I have
vetoed Senate Bill 716 - Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005.
This bill alters the eligibility requirements of the Maryland Pharmacy Discount
Program to cover individuals who are not Medicare beneficiaries, who lack other
public or private prescription drug coverage, who have a specified annual household
income, and to exclude Medicare beneficiaries. Moreover, Senate Bill 716 establishes
the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission as an independent
commission that functions within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and
also establishes the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission Fund.
House Bill 627, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 716.
Very truly yours,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
Senate Bill No. 716
AN ACT concerning
Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005
FOR the purpose of altering the eligibility requirements of the Maryland Pharmacy
Discount Program to cover individuals who are not Medicare beneficiaries, who
lack other public or private prescription drug coverage, who have a certain
annual household income, and to exclude Medicare beneficiaries; altering the
price at which an enrollee in the Program may purchase certain prescription
drugs; requiring hospitals to develop financial assistance policies to provide free
and reduced-cost care to certain patients; requiring hospitals to post a certain
notice; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to develop a
uniform financial assistance application and require each hospital to use the
application for a certain purpose; requiring a hospital to provide the uniform
financial assistance application to certain patients; requiring hospitals to
submit to the Health Services Cost Review Commission certain debt collection
policies; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to report to
certain committees of the General Assembly on or before a certain date on the
details of certain hospital policies; requiring nonprofit hospitals to include
certain information in their community benefit reports to the Health Services
Cost Review Commission; establishing the Maryland Community Health
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