Ch. 519                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 519

(House Bill 895)

AN ACT concerning

Addiction Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse
Treatment Facility

FOR the purpose of establishing a certain facility for the
treatment of certain individuals who show the effects of
certain substance abuse; prohibiting the Maryland Health
Resources Planning Commission from issuing new certificates
of need for certain substance abuse services or facilities
until certain conditions are met; requiring the Maryland
Health Resources Planning Commission, by a certain date, to
develop a certain methodology and to report to the General
Assembly on the status of incorporating the methodology into
the State Health Plan; requiring the State Alcoholism
Control Administration, the State Drug Abuse Administration,
and the State Health Resources Planning Commission to
report, by a certain date, to certain committees of the
General Assembly on a plan for the implementation of, and
administrative procedures for, this Act; specifying that
certain facilities in existence by a certain date are not
required to obtain a certificate of need; providing for a
delayed effective date; and generally relating to addiction
treatment facilities.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 8-411

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

8-411.

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