HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(ii) Medicaid, judicare, or similar
reimbursement contracts for which user eligibility and cost are
set by law or by rules and regulations.

(g) "Contract modification" means any written alteration in
the specifications, delivery point, date of delivery, contract
period, price, quantity, or other provision of any existing
contract, whether accomplished by unilateral action in accordance
with a contract provision, or by mutual action of the parties to
the contract. It includes bilateral actions such as supplemental
agreements, and unilateral actions such as change orders,
administrative changes, notices of termination, and notices of
the exercise of a contract option.

(h) "Contractor" means any person having a contract with a
State agency. Contractor does not include employees with labor
contracts.

(i) "Department" means the Departments of General Services,
Transportation, Budget and Fiscal Planning, and the University of
Maryland.

(J) "LEASE" MEANS A CONTRACT UNDER WHICH THE STATE USES
REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY TO WHICH THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE TITLE.

[(j)] (K) "Person" means any individual, business, union,
committee, club, or other organization.

[(k)] (L) "Procure" means buying, renting, leasing,
purchasing, or otherwise obtaining any supplies, services, or
construction. "Procure" includes all functions that pertain to
the obtaining of any public procurement, including description of
requirements, selection, and solicitation of sources, preparation
and award of contract, and all phases of contract administration.

[(1)] (M) "Procurement agency" means any State agency which
is authorized by law or regulations to procure or contract.

[(m)] (N) "Procurement officer" means any person authorized
by a State agency in accordance with law or regulations to enter
into or administer contracts or make written determinations and
findings with respect to them. The term also includes an
authorized representative acting within the limits of authority.

[(n)] (O) "Regulation" has the same definition as "rule" in
the Administrative Procedure Act of the Code.

[(o)] (P) "Services" means the rendering, by a contractor,
of its time and effort rather than the furnishing of a specific
physical product other than reports incidental to the required
performance of services. This includes but is not limited to the
contractual services provided by architects, engineers,
attorneys, accountants, physicians, consultants, and other
professional persons.