WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 440

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2-313(h), (i),
and (j), respectively, of Article 83B - Department of Housing and Community
Development of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
2-313(g), (h), and (i), respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 440
(House Bill 1480)

AN ACT concerning

Medical Assistance Program - Family Planning Program

FOR the purpose of providing family planning services to postpartum women who lose
eligibility for Medical Assistance under the Pregnant Women and Children's
Program; and generally relating to family planning services.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 15-103(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Health - General

15-103.

(a) (1) The Secretary shall administer the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program.

(2) The Program:

(i) Shall provide comprehensive medical and other health care for
indigent individuals or medically indigent individuals or both;

(ii) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget and the
availability of federal funds, comprehensive medical and other health care for all
pregnant women and, at a minimum, all children currently under the age of 1 whose
family income falls below 185 percent of the poverty level, as permitted by the federal
law;

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