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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 504
Article - Health - General
19-1305.4.
(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE
CRITERIA AND STANDARDS USED BY A PRIVATE REVIEW AGENT OR HEALTH
MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION IN PERFORMING UTILIZATION REVIEW OF
HOSPITAL SERVICES RELATED TO MATERNITY AND NEWBORN CARE, INCLUDING
LENGTH OF STAY, SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEDICAL CRITERIA
OUTLINED IN THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE "GUIDELINES FOR PERINATAL
CARE" PREPARED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS AND THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS.
(B) A PRIVATE REVIEW AGENT OR HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION
MAY AUTHORIZE A SHORTER LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY FOR SERVICES RELATED
TO MATERNITY AND NEWBORN CARE IF PROVIDED THE NEWBORN MEETS THE
CRITERIA FOR MEDICAL STABILITY IN THE "GUIDELINES FOR PERINATAL CARE"
AND THE PRIVATE REVIEW AGENT AUTHORIZES A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF
POSTPARTUM HOME VISITS FOR THE MOTHER AND CHILD OR HEALTH
MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZES FOR THE MOTHER AND CHILD AN
INITIAL POSTPARTUM HOME VISIT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF
AN ADEQUATE SAMPLE FOR THE HEREDITARY AND METABOLIC NEWBORN
SCREENING, WHEN INDICATED.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.
Approved May 25, 1995.
CHAPTER 504
(House Bill 314)
AN ACT concerning
Local Health Services Funding
FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include a certain amount of funding for
the provision of local health services in the budget beginning with a certain fiscal
year; specifying certain adjustments to the amount of funding; specifying the use of
certain appropriations; requiring a certain minimum level of funding for each
subdivision under certain circumstances; and generally relating to funding for local
health services in the counties.
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 2-301 through 2-305, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 3.
Local Health Services Funding"
Annotated Code of Maryland
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