WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 452

Article - Health - General
Section 19-308.3 and 19-344(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 19-343(b) and 19-344(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 19-344(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 19-344(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 19-344(c) through (q), respectively, of
Article - Health - General of the Annotated Code of Maryland be
renumbered to be Section(s) 19-344(d) through (r), respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

19-308.3.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION "FACILITY" MEANS A RELATED INSTITUTION
THAT, UNDER THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, IS A COMPREHENSIVE
CARE FACILITY OR AN EXTENDED CARE FACILITY.

(B)  BEFORE A FACILITY MAY USE AN APPLICATION OR CONTRACT
FOR ADMISSION THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FACILITY SHALL SUBMIT THE
APPLICATION OR CONTRACT FOR ADMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT.

(C)  BEFORE A FACILITY MAY MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE IN AN
APPLICATION OR CONTRACT FOR ADMISSION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED

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