Ch. 442

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(c)   If security is required under this section, the county
shall give the hotel notice of the amount of security.

(d)  Within 5 days after a hotel receives notice that
security is required, the hotel shall:

(1)  File the security; or

(2)  Submit a written request for a hearing on the
security requirement.

(e)  (1) If a hearing is requested, the county shall hold a
hearing to determine the necessity, propriety, and amount of the
security.

(2) The determination at the hearing is final, and
the hotel shall comply within 15 days after the hotel receives
notice of the determination.

(f)  Without notice to the hotel that files security under
subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section, the county at any time
may:

(1)  Apply the cash to the hotel rental tax due; or

(2)  Sell the security and apply the proceeds of the
sale to the hotel rental tax due.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

CHAPTER 442

(House Bill 836)

AN ACT concerning

Medical Assistance Program - Durable Medical
Equipment - Price Review

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to adopt certain procedures and regulations to
provide for a review every 2 3 years of durable medical
equipment prices supplied to Medical Assistance Program
recipients; defining a certain term; and generally relating
to adopting procedures and regulations for the review of
durable medical equipment prices.

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