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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 108

(II) REFUSE TO DOCKET A CERTIFICATE OF NEED
APPLICATION;

(III) (II) ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER THAT
REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION; OR

(IV) (III) APPLY TO ANY THE CIRCUIT COURT IN
THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED FOR LEGAL RELIEF
CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE COMMISSION.

(3) THE COMMISSION MAY SEND TO A LOCAL HEALTH
PLANNING AGENCY ANY STATISTICAL OR OTHER INFORMATION THE
COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION.

(F) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE COMMISSION MAY
NOT CONDUCT EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

19-118.1.

(A) THE COMMISSION OR THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW
COMMISSION MAY PETITION THE GOVERNOR TO SUSPEND REVIEW OF
CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATIONS BASED ON A FINDING, AFTER A
PUBLIC HEARING, THAT RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO QUALITY
HEALTH CARE AT A REASONABLE COST.

(B) ON PETITION, BY THE COMMISSION OR THE HEALTH SERVICES
COST REVIEW COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR MAY DIRECT THE COMMISSION TO
SUSPEND REVIEW OF CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATIONS, IF THE
SUSPENSION IS:

(1) FOR A SPECIFIED TYPE OR CLASS OF HEALTH-CARE
PROJECTS;

(2) FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME; AND

(3) IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

(C) ON REQUEST BY A PERSON WHOSE APPLICATION HAS BEEN

AFFECTED BY THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL RESUME

CONSIDERATION OF THAT APPLICATION AFTER THE SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD
HAS ELAPSED.

(D) A CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION ADDRESSING EMERGENCY
CIRCUMSTANCES POSTING A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, AS DEFINED BY THE
COMMISSION IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR,
MAY NOT BE SUBJECT TO SUSPENSION.

19-115.

(d) (1) The Commission may adopt, after October 1, 1983,
new thresholds or methods for determining the circumstances or
minimum cost requirements under which a certificate of need