Ch. 353                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 11. 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act may not be
construed to supersede the authority of a local county school board, or in Baltimore City
the Mayor and City Council, in consultation with parents of students in the school district
and parents of students attending a school in which a school-based clinic is based, to
initiate, discontinue, or manage the operations of a school-based clinic in the school
district.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene shall appear before the Senate Finance Committee and the House
Environmental Matters Committee of the General Assembly to report on the Department's
plan to incorporate competitive bidding on or before January 1, 1997. The Department may
not implement competitive bidding unless specifically authorized to do so by the General
Assembly.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before October 30.
1996, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Education shall,
in accordance with § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, report to the Senate Finance
Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee on how the Departments would
reimburse local boards of education for services mandated by Individualized Education Plans
(IEPs) and Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSPs) if federal funding for those services is
capped or converted to a block grant.

SECTION 12 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That, on or before December 1,
1996, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Education shall,
in accordance with § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, report to the Senate Finance
Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee on the collaboration between
managed care organizations and school-based clinics.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That, until July 1, 1997, a
managed care organization that establishes or continues its own delivery system for specialty
mental health services may not be required to provide more than 30 days of inpatient
psychiatric hospitalization per enrollee per episode of hospitalization.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the first annual report
required to be submitted by a managed care organization to the Insurance Commissioner in
accordance with Article 48A, § 490S shall be submitted on or before March 1, 1998.

SECTION 4. 12. 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 353
(Senate Bill 1)

AN ACT concerning

Retirement and Pensions-----Retirement Allowances - Separation from Employment

Workforce Reduction Act

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