Ch. 492                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) a designated medical assistance form which has been
submitted on time is in need of correction;

(2) allowed the provider at least 5 working days to resubmit
or correct the report or form; and                                     

(3) not in any way contributed to the delay of or error on a
report or form.

(f) the amount of a reduction of payments to a provider
pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) of this section may not. exceed the
amount of lost federal revenue attributable to the delay or error.

(D) (g) the administration:

(1)      shall place sufficient funds in a specially designated
account with the office of the comptroller to meet its financial
obligations under subsection (c) of this section;

(2)      shall disburse funds from the account in accordance
with the payment schedule provided in subsection (c) of this section;
and

(3)      may not use the funds in the account for any other
purpose except for the purpose of reimbursing private providers for
the provision of community-based services to individuals with
developmental disability.

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

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 492
(Senate Bill 483)

AN ACT concerning                                                                      

Obstetricians and Gynecologists - Primary Care Physicians Classification

FOR the purpose of requiring certain health insurers, including health maintenance
organizations, to either classify obstetricians/gynecologists as primary care
physicians; and requiring the Board of Physician Quality Assurance to allow a
physician who is a specialist in the medical field of obstetrics and gynecology to be
classified as a primary care physician for a certain purpose or permit an annual visit
to a certain obstetrician/gynecologist without first requiring a visit to a primary care
provider under certain circumstances; and generally relating to
obstetricians/gynecologists.

BY adding to                                                                 

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