1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

mental health and if carried to term there is
a substantial risk of a serious or long lasting
effect on the woman's future mental health.
And further provided, that $3,800,000 of
this amount will be reduced contingent
upon the enactment of legislation to repeal .
the requirement to reserve beds for nursing
home patients who are hospitalized.............

Special Fund Appropriation.............................

Federal Fund Appropriation............................

All appropriations provided for the program
Medical Care Provider Reimbursements -
32.17.01.03 are to be used only for the
purposes herein appropriated, and there
shall be no budgetary transfer.

Further, it is the intent of the General
Assembly that the Medical Care Provider

Reimbursements appropriation be

expended in accordance with the budget
detail presented to and approved by the
General Assembly. Should the department
wish to make a regulatory, policy, or
procedural change which has an impact
greater than $300,000 on the program's
budget, it shall inform the budget
committees of the change, and the
committees shall have 45 days to review and
consider it before it becomes effective.

Further, $1,000,000 of the General Fund
Appropriation may be used for a grant to
Baltimore Medical Systems, Inc., provided
the budget committees have 45 days to
review any such grant.

Further, due to federal and state health care
reform efforts and the ongoing
implementation of the Maryland Access to
Care Program, it is the intent of the General
Assembly that Medical Assistance
reimbursement policies in effect on January
1, 1993 for emergency and non-emergency
services provided by hospital emergency
facilities continue for Fiscal Year 1994.

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987,165,613
968,165,613
11,775,528
976,180,618	1,975,121,759
957,180,618	1,937,121,759