HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                       2563

compares actual admissions of each facility to the total
admissions of all facilities;] ASSESS USER FEES FOR EACH FACILITY
EQUAL TO THE SUM OF:

(I)  THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL
USER FEES TIMES THE RATIO OF ADMISSIONS OF THE FACILITY TO TOTAL
ADMISSIONS OF ALL FACILITIES; AND

(II)  THE AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL
USER FEES TIMES THE RATIO OF GROSS OPERATING REVENUE OF EACH
FACILITY TO TOTAL GROSS OPERATING REVENUES OF ALL FACILITIES;

(2)  Establish minimum and maximum assessments; and

(3)  Assess each facility on or before April 30 of
each year.

[(h)] (F) On or before July 1 of each year, each facility
assessed under this section shall make payment to the Commission.
The Commission shall make provision for partial payments.

[(i)] (G) Any bill not paid within 30 days of an agreed
payment date may be subject to an interest penalty to be
determined by the Commission.

[(j)] (H) (1) This section shall terminate and be of no
effect on the first day of July following the cessation of a
waiver by law or agreement for Medicare and Medicaid between the
State of Maryland and the federal government.

(2) If notice of intent to terminate is made by the
federal government to this State prior to the first day of an
intervening session of the Maryland General Assembly, this
section shall expire June 30 of the following calendar year.
However, under no circumstances shall less than seven calendar
months occur between notice of termination and expiration of this
section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That on July 1, 1987,
the State Health Services Cost Review Commission and the State
Health Resources Planning Commission shall report to the standing
committees of the General Assembly with primary jurisdiction over

this Act on the effectiveness and economic ramifications of this

Act.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1986. It shall remain effective for a
period of two years and, at the end of June 30, 1988, and with no
further action requested by the General Assembly, this Act shall
be abrogated and of no further force and effect. After June 30,
1988 the Michie Company shall publish §§ 19-122 and 19-207.1 of
the Health - General Article as those sections existed on June
30, 1986, subject to any intervening amendments.