Ch. 183                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) ANY OTHER PROVISION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS SECTION.

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

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 183
(Senate Bill 482)

AN ACT concerning

         Residential Service Agencies - Home Medical Equipment Providers

FOR the purpose of requiring a person to be licensed with the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene as a residential service agency before the person may provide home
medical equipment services; restricting the licensure requirement to certain
persons; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; requiring that the
regulations include minimum standards; requiring the Secretary Department to set
certain fees to cover the costs of licensure; authorizing the Department to
determine compliance with certain regulations and to approve, deny, suspend, or
revoke licensure; providing penalties for noncompliance; providing that this Act
does not entitle a person to third party reimbursement; providing for certain
exceptions; defining certain terms; and generally relating to residential service
agencies that provide home medical equipment providers.

BY adding to

Article—Health—General

Section 19-1701 through 19-1704 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 17. Home

Medical Equipment Providers"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-4A-01
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The staff of the Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission
has prepared a report entitled "Study of Community Based Long Term. Care Services,
Part I; Home Care Services, November 30, 1993," and concluded that providers of
noninvasive home medical equipment services are not presently regulated in Maryland;

and

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