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S.B. 716
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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 by 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
comparison and on whether certain rates will exceed certain Medicare rates;
establishing a Joint Legislative Task Force on Universal Access to Quality and
Affordable Health Care; providing for membership, staffing, and duties of the
Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings on or before a certain
date; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services
Cost Review Commission to .jointly assess certain aspects of uncompensated and
undercompensated care and certain reimbursement, make recommendations on
alternative methods of distributing certain costs of uncompensated and
undercompensated care, and submit certain assessments and recommendations
to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before a certain date;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to submit to the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an application for an amendment to
a certain waiver; requiring the Department to apply for certain federal matching
funds; providing that certain enrollees in the Maryland Pharmacy Discount
Program remain enrolled in the Program through a certain date if the
application for a certain amendment to a certain demonstration waiver is
approved; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide
certain notice to the Department of Legislative Services; making certain
provisions of this Act subject to a certain contingency; defining certain terms;
providing for the termination of certain provisions of this Act; and generally
relating to access to health care services through community health resources
and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 15-124.1 and 19-303(e), 19-303(c), and 19-727
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
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