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S.B. 796 VETOES
6-402.
(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO TWO ADULTS WHO QUALIFY FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BUT ARE NOT
REGISTERED.
(B) IN THE CASE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, TWO ADULTS SHALL BE
TREATED AS DOMESTIC PARTNERS IF ONE OF THE ADULTS TELLS, IN GOOD FAITH,
THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL PROVIDER OR HOSPITAL PERSONNEL THAT THE ADULTS
ARE IN A MUTUALLY INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP, FOR THE FOLLOWING
PURPOSES ONLY;
(1) ALLOWING ONE ADULT TO ACCOMPANY THE ILL OR INJURED ADULT
BEING TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE; AND
(2) VISITATION WITH THE ILL OR INJURED ADULT ADMITTED TO A
HOSPITAL ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS ON THE SAME BASIS AS A MEMBER OF THE ILL
OR INJURED ADULT'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
SUBTITLE 5. DOMESTIC PARTNER'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
6-501.
(A) THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF A DOMESTIC PARTNER AS A RESULT OF
REGISTERING A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP ARE ONLY THOSE DESCRIBED IN THIS
TITLE.
(B) A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP OR CIVIL UNION ENTERED INTO OUTSIDE THIS
STATE, THAT IS VALID UNDER THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION UNDER WHICH THE
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP OR CIVIL UNION WAS ENTERED INTO, SHALL BE TREATED
AS A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP IN THIS STATE.
(C) THE REGISTRATION OF A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BY TWO INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE ALSO MARRIED TO EACH OTHER IN ANOTHER STATE MAY NOT BE
CONSIDERED EVIDENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS, OR AN ADMISSION THAT THE
DOMESTIC PARTNERS ARE NOT LAWFULLY MARRIED.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article - Health - General
1-101.
(a) In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "County" means a county of this State and, unless expressly provided
otherwise, Baltimore City.
(c) "Department" means the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
(D) "DOMESTIC PARTNER" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REGISTERED FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SECRETARY UNDER TITLE 6
OF THIS ARTICLE.
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