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(b)  The liability of a chargeable person for services
provided to a mentally retarded individual may not exceed the
greater of:

(1)  The sum of any proceeds of insurance, group
health plan, or prepaid medical care that the insurer or plan
pays because of liability for the payment of or repayment for the
cost of care provided to the individual; or

(2)  The lesser of:

(i) The amount determined under § 16-405 of
this subtitle; or

(ii) The amount set by the Department under §
16-203(b) of this title.

(c)  The liability of responsible relatives for the cost of
care of a mentally retarded individual in a residential, State
facility ceases when the cost of care of the mentally retarded
individual has been charged for a period or periods that total 16
years.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 424

(House Bill 197)

AN ACT concerning

Rehabilitation Services - Disability Registry

FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that certain health

and social agencies and physicians report certain
information identifying a disabled individual; requiring a
hospital to report certain conditions to the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene; repealing the requirement that a
disabled individual consent to a certain report; providing
that the identities of individuals reported may only be
disclosed under certain circumstances; requiring the
Department to make certain rehabilitation information
available to certain health and social agencies.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 20-108