WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(C)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the
Health Resources Planning Commission to approve a Certificate of
Need application for new or additional comprehensive care or
extended care facility beds that were docketed prior to June 1,
1989.

(D)  (1) On or before January 31, 1990, the Health Resources
Planning Commission shall publish in the Maryland Register a
schedule for the timely submission of Letters of Intent and
Certificate of Need applications for new or additional
comprehensive care or extended care facility beds by
jurisdiction.

(2) All applicants for projects not docketed prior to
June 1, 1989 must resubmit their Letters of Intent and
applications in accordance with the schedule published under the
provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That unless the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene develops an alternative
source of funding that is approved by the General Assembly, the
funding source for coverage, under § 15-103(a)(2) of the Health—
General Article of pregnant women and infants who fall between
100 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level shall be
federal matching funds received under the federal Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987 and the State general fund savings
derived by tightening the Maryland Medical Assistance Program's
reimbursement limits on hospital length of stay for patients in
the State only category of assistance.

SECTION 6. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof would result in
the inadvertent loss of the Maryland Medicare waiver granted
under Section 1814(b) of the Social Security Act or the
inadvertent loss of federal financial participation then that
provision shall be considered null and void and shall be given no
effect.

SECTION 7. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1989.

May 25, 1989

The Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Delegates

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