Ch. 376

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e) (1) Each county shall submit to the Secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services by [November 1] DECEMBER 31 of each year, a report containing
the following information for the preceding fiscal year:

(i) The amount of funds distributed to each recipient and the purpose
of expenditure of these funds categorized as provided in Section 45B(d)(1) of this
subtitle;

(ii) The amount and disposition of any unencumbered or unexpended
funds; and .

(iii) The amount of expenditures by the county for fire protection.

(2)     A copy of this report shall be provided, subject to § 2-1312 of the State
Government Article, to the Department of Fiscal Services.'

(3)     The Secretary may withhold funds with respect to the next fiscal year
from a county if the county does not comply with the provisions of this subtitle. Failure to
comply after notice and opportunity for a hearing may result in the forfeiture of the
allocated funds, either in part or in full, and reversion to the State General Fund.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the matching fund maintenance
of effort obligation of each county under Article 38A, § 45D(b) 45D(a) of the Code is not
applicable in Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993. 1992 through 1994 inclusive and 1993.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all of the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it
is enacted.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 376
(House Bill 1280)

AN ACT concerning

Health Care Cost Containment - Patient Referrals - Health Care Practitioners

FOR the purpose of prohibiting certain referrals of patients by certain health care
practitioners to certain health care entities in which the practitioner has a beneficial
interest or has a certain compensation agreement; requiring certain disclosure by
certain health care practitioners under certain circumstances; providing certain
exceptions; repealing certain disclosure requirements; defining certain terms;
prohibiting claims or billing for certain health care services; providing certain joint
and several liability for certain prohibited billing; prohibiting certain demands for
payment from third party payors and certain persons; providing that certain third
party payors may not be required to make certain reimbursements; specifying that

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