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Hospices —

Adult dependent care program employees, criminal history records
check or private agency background check, and reference from

most recent employer, requirements added ..................................... 572 3236

Hospitals —

SEE ALSO Clinics

Ambulatory surgical facility, freestanding, certificate of need
requirements for acquisition by a hospital, provisions added ......... 466 2815

Cancer registry, report of cancer patients by physicians and
freestanding ambulatory care facilities, and immunity from liability
of reporting health care providers and facilities, provisions added . 235 1703

Carroll County General Hospital, bond funds for the Women's
Center ................................................................................................. 164 1538

Charles County -
Physicians Memorial Hospital, county funding requirements

altered .............................................................................................         65 1129

Childbirth, insurance coverage for hospitalization and home visits,

requirements altered .......................................................................... 396 2611

397 2620

Contracts between nonprofit health service plans and health care
providers, submission for approval to Insurance Commissioner,
requirements repealed ....................................................................... 645 3663

Garrett County Memorial Hospital -
Board of Governors, position of president of the hospital

eliminated ....................................................................................... 392 2603

Family-Centered Maternity Care Program, bond funds for ........... 210 1651

Health care providers, communication with patients about coverage,
treatment options, or provider's reimbursment arrangements with
insurer, reimbursement by insurer, contract restrictions on insurer
liability, practice profiling, uniform voucher forms, and grievance
appeal, provisions added or altered.................................................. 548 3107

Health maintenance organization reimbursement of emergency
services providers, provisions altered; determination of appropriate
reimbursement for federally mandated medical screening, and
study and report on how provisions affect billing patterns of
hospitals and emergency physicians, requirements added .............. 503 2934

Howard County General Hospital, bond funds for ............................. 117 1396

Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, bond funds for ............................... 125 1426

Kennedy-Krieger Children's Hospital, bond funds for Center for
Early Detection and Prevention of Developmental Disabilities ..... 188 1596

Mammography educational materials, availability to female hospital
patients, requirements added ............................................................ 365 2494

Mammography testing centers, required conditions for performing
mammography testing, altered .......................................................... 416 2681

Medical, dental, and hospital records and writings, admissibility in
district court civil trials, provisions added........................................ 554 3126

Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, bond funds for a pediatric
respiratory medicine center............................................................... 114 1392

Prince George's Hospital Center, bond funds for ............................... 187 1595

Union Hospital, bond funds for birthing center .................................. 264 1762

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