WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(f) On or before [July 1] SEPTEMBER 1 of each year, each

facility assessed under this section shall make payment to the

Commission. The Commission shall make provision for partial
payments.

(g) Any bill not paid within 30 days of an agreed payment
date may be subject to an interest penalty to be determined by
the Commission.

(h) (1) This section shall terminate and be of no effect on
the first day of July following the cessation of a waiver by law
or agreement for Medicare and Medicaid between the State of
Maryland and the federal government.

(2) If notice of intent to terminate is made by the
federal government to this State prior to the first day of an
intervening session of the Maryland General Assembly, this
section shall expire June 30 of the following calendar year.
However, under no circumstances shall less than seven calendar
months occur between notice of termination and expiration of this
section.

Chapter 684 of the Laws of 1986

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986. [It shall remain effective for a period
of two years and, at the end of June 30, 1988, and with no
further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall
be abrogated and of no further force and effect. After June 30,
1988 the Michie Company shall publish §§ 19-122 and 19-207.1 of
the Health - General Article as those sections existed on June
30, 1986, subject to any intervening amendments.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 30, 1988.

May 27, 1988

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 149.

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