1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 446
(Senate Bill 489)

AN ACT concerning

Pregnant and Postpartum Women - Substance Abusing Treatment Services and Medical

Assistance Recipients - Services

FOR the purpose of requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration to develop a
certain referral procedure related to the provision of alcohol abuse and drug abuse
treatment services to pregnant or postpartum women at certain alcohol abuse and
drug abuse treatment programs or facilities; requiring alcohol abuse and drug abuse
treatment programs and facilities to refer pregnant or postpartum women to certain
other services; requiring alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment programs to
submit certain documentation to the Administration along with their funding
applications; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to enable Medical
Assistance Program eligible pregnant women enrolled in certain health maintenance
organizations to receive alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment services under certain
circumstances; defining a certain term; authorizing the Secretary to establish a certain
pilot program under certain circumstances; making part of this Act contingent on
another enactment of the General Assembly; and generally relating to the provision of
alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment program services to pregnant or
postpartum women under certain circumstances and services to medical assistance
recipients.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 8-403.1 and 15-103(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

8-403.1.

(A) (1) IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF MATERNAL HEALTH AND
FAMILY PLANNING, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL DEVELOP A REFERRAL
PROCEDURE TO REQUIRE ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT
PROGRAMS OR FACILITIES THAT ARE OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE STATE OR ANY

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Approved May 27, 1993.

Ch. 446