Children in need of assistance, establishment of paternity and current
address of parents, requirements added.........................................

Statute of limitations for paternity proceedings, clarified;

modification of declaration of paternity, provisions altered ...........

Patients--

Health maintenance organization (HMO) point-of-service option for
health care and dental benefits, patient continuum of care when
provider terminated from HMO panel, application process for
HMO panel of providers, and method of payment of provider by
insurance carrier, provisions altered.................................................

Informed consent for HIV testing by a health care provider,
provisions altered...............................................................................

Inpatient admission of patient in imminent danger to self or others,
adverse decision by private review agent, restrictions added...........

Investigations of allegations of grounds for disciplinary action in a
standard of care case against a physician, offer of patient interview
required to be included'....................................................................

Patuxent Institution —

Appropriation to....................................................................................

Patuxent River SEE Rivers and Streams
Peddlers SEE Transient Merchants
Pedestrians —

Pedestrian and bicycle access to State and private facilities and
roadways, State and local transportation planning, sidewalk and

highway construction, and bicycle parking requirements added.....

Penalties —

Animals, cruelly killing; penalties altered..........................................

Anne Arundel County -
Casino events prohibited except those conducted by a volunteer
fire company or a fraternal, civic, veterans', religious, amateur

athletic or charitable organization, provisions added ..................

Bad checks, crime expanded, penalties altered, and provisions added
for payment of collection fee by defendant .....................................

Boats that remain at marinas for more than 48 hours without
permission, removal, provisions added.............................................

Charitable Solicitations Act exemption for charitable organizations
which are federally tax-exempt, provisions clarified; penalties and
relief for violation of Act, provisions altered...................................

Chartered counties, local discrimination laws, maximum penalty
increased.............................................................................................

Child sexual offenders, requirements for notice of release,
registration with local police, and maintenance of central registry;
notice of offender's local residency to schools, municipal police,
and community, religious, and other youth organizations of the
locality, provisions added........................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

11	673
248	2071

604 605	3431 3450
321	2251
553	3216
466	2673
7	478 558

495	2844
338	2288
621	3528
316	2237
342	2329
89	1422
278	2146

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