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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 803

ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
TERMINATE AND BE OF NO EFFECT AFTER JULY 1, 1990.

(4) A STATE HEALTH PLAN DEVELOPED OR ADOPTED AFTER
THE INCORPORATION OF THE INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC PLAN INTO THE STATE
HEALTH PLAN SHALL INCLUDE THE CRITERIA IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION IN ADDITION TO THE CRITERIA IN SECTION 19-114 OF THIS
ARTICLE.

Chapter 109 of the Acts of 1985

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall
appoint 5 Senators and 5 Delegates, respectively, to serve as the

Joint Committee on Health Care Cost Containment. The Joint

Committee shall be staffed by the Department of Legislative
Reference and the Department of Fiscal Services. The Joint
Committee shall review, prior to publication in the Maryland
Register, any regulations relating to hospital closures, mergers,
and consolidations proposed pursuant to this Act and any
regulations relating to minimum standards for hospital patient
utilization review programs proposed pursuant to Chapter 111 (HB
1071/SB 490) of the Laws of 1985. The Joint Committee
established by this Section may also consider and review any
issues relating to the Health Resources Planning Commission, the
Health Services Cost Review Commission, the certificate of need
process, the State Health Plan, institution specific studies, and
any other issues relating to health care cost containment raised
or addressed in Chapter 102 (HB 1068/SB 494), Chapter 107 (HB
1069/SB 492), Chapter 111 (HB 1071/SB 490), Chapter 112 (HB
1072/SB 493), and Chapter 108 (HB 1073/SB 495) of the Laws of
1985. THE JOINT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION SHALL
EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF CHAPTER 107, CHAPTER 108, CHAPTER 109,
CHAPTER 111, AND CHAPTER 112 OF THE LAWS OF 1985 ON HOSPITAL
CAPACITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AND QUALITY OF CARE IN THIS
STATE AND SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 10, 1990. This Section
shall terminate and be of no effect on June 1, 1990.

Chapter 111 of the Acts of 1985

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall
appoint 5 Senators and 5 Delegates, respectively, to serve as the
Joint Committee on Health Care Cost Containment. The Joint
Committee shall be staffed by the Department of Legislative
Reference and the Department of Fiscal Services. The Joint
Committee shall review, prior to publication in the Maryland
Register, any regulations relating to minimum standards for
hospital patient utilization review programs proposed pursuant to
this Act and any regulations relating to hospital closures,
mergers, and consolidations proposed pursuant to Chapter 109 (HB
1551/SB 655) of the Laws of 1985. The Joint Committee
established by this Section may also consider and review any
issues relating to the Health Resources Planning Commission, the