Ch. 659

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1) Documents that the project is necessary to meet
the needs of enrolled members and reasonably anticipated new

members for the services proposed to be provided by the

applicant; and

(2) Is not inconsistent with those sections of the
State health plan or those sections of the institution-specific
plan that govern hospitals, as defined in § 19-301 of this title,
and ambulatory surgical facilities or centers, as defined in §
19-101(e) of this title, or HEALTH CARE PROJECTS for which a
certificate of need is required under subsection (b)(2) of this
section.

Chapter 420 of the Acts of 1987

[SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That changes made to
§ 19-116 of the Health - General Article as enacted by this Act
shall remain effective only for a period of 1 year and, at the
end of June 30, 1988, and with no further action required by the
General Assembly, the changes made by this Act to § 19-116 of the
Health - General Article shall be abrogated and of no further
force and effect.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That changes made to
§ 19-116 of the Health - General Article, as enacted by this Act
and Chapter 420 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1987 shall
remain effective only for a period of 3 years and, at the end of
June 30, 1991, and with no further action required by the General
Assembly, the changes made by this Act and Chapter 420 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1987 to § 19-116 of the Health -
General Article shall be abrogated and of no further force and
effect.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 659

(House Bill 544)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Water, Sewers, and Drains

FOR the purpose of repealing, in Frederick County, the
requirement that the cost of new capital projects be

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