PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 155

(2) THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE
STANDARDS FOR THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY UNDER
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with interested groups, shall conduct a study on the
feasibility and practicability of developing a peer review program for hospice care
programs to monitor compliance with applicable statutes and regulations. If the Secretary
determines that a peer review program is feasible and practicable, the peer review shall
be repeated at least every 3 years. The Secretary may impose fees on the hospice
programs to cover the cost of the study and the peer review programs.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene shall consult with representatives of various hospice organizations
throughout the State to assure the comparability of the regulations adopted under this
Act to the standards established by the National Hospice Organization, and the ability of
the hospice organizations to comply with the regulations.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene shall adopt the regulations for general hospice care programs to implement
this Act by July 1, 1996.

SECTION 4. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the initial regulations
adopted for general hospice care programs to implement this Act may not take effect
until 2 years I year after the adoption of the regulations by the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

SECTION 3. 5. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October July 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 155
(Senate Bill 294)

AN ACT concerning

Clerks of the Circuit Courts - Divorce Decrees

FOR the purpose of requiring clerks of the circuit courts to keep certain records of
divorce decrees in a certain manner; eliminating a requirement that certain records
be kept in some permanent form record all final decrees in proceedings for divorce in
that county and keep the record readily accessible in some permanent form; eliminating
a certain permissive fee and provisions related to this fee; eliminating a criminal
penalty; and generally relating to records of divorce decrees maintained by clerks of
the circuit courts.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law

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