WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 148

15-203.

(a)     The Department shall adopt regulations for the payment of health insurance
premiums to insurance carriers or employers under the Program.

(b)     The Program shall comply with the applicable provisions of all federal and
State laws that relate to the continuation of health benefits.

15-204.

The Department shall adopt regulations that authorize the denial, restriction, or
termination of benefits for recipients who commit acts of abuse or fraud against the
Program.

[15-205.

(a)     The Department shall, subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government Article,
provide the Governor and the General Assembly with an annual report summarizing the
Program expenditures, numbers of recipients, Program effectiveness, the estimated
savings to the Medical Assistance Program, additional costs incurred by private insurance
companies, and the loss of federal funding.

(b)     The Department may periodically survey recipients to gather information for
the annual report.]

Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1990, as amended by Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1992

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1990. [It shall remain effective for a period of 4 6 years and, at the end of June
30, 1994 1996 1998, and with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act
shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER. 148
(Senate Bill 155)

AN ACT concerning

Health Resources Planning Commission - User Fees and Officers

FOR the purpose of altering the user fees assessed by the Health Resources Planning
Commission; repealing a certain definition; providing that for each fiscal year
certain fiscal years the user fees collected shall be equal to the General Fund
appropriation for the Commission; providing that the total user fees assessed for
certain fiscal years shall be equal to a certain amount compared to the net State
contribution; specifying that the user fees assessed by the Commission may only be

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