WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                          Ch. 25

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 13-310.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 404 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1992
Section 2

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

Article - Health - General

13-310.1.

(a)     In this section, "Fund" means the Kidney Disease Fund.

(b)     There is a Kidney Disease Fund.

(c)     (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the
Commission shall set by regulation reasonable fees to be paid by all certified kidney
dialysis and transplant centers as an additional requirement for annual certification.

(2)     The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(i) State-owned facilities; or

(ii) Hospital services under the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost
Review Commission.

(3)     The fee set by the Commission may not exceed $1500 per year.

(d)     The Department shall collect the fee set by the Commission under subsection
(c) of this section and transfer the fee into the Fund.

(e)     (1) The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund, not subject to § 7-302 of the
State Finance and Procurement Article.

(2)     (i) The Fund shall be used exclusively to offset and partially cover the
actual documented direct costs of fulfilling the statutory and, regulatory duties of the
Commission as described in this subtitle.

(ii) The Department shall pay the indirect costs the Commission incurs
in fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the Commission as described in this
subtitle.

(3)     Any unspent portions of the Fund may not be transferred or revert to
the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Fund to be used for the purposes
specified in paragraph (2)(i) of this subsection.

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