PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 697

(2) Any record or document that is considered by the medical review
committee and that otherwise would be subject to discovery and introduction into
evidence in a civil trial.

(f) A person shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-393 of the
Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article for any action as a member of the medical review
committee or for giving information to, participating in, or contributing to the function of
the medical review committee.

(G) AN ORDER GRANTING DISCOVERY OF PROCEEDINGS, RECORDS, OR FILES
OF A MEDICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY APPEALABLE AND
SHALL BE STAYED PENDING APPEAL.

[(g)(II) Notwithstanding this section, §§ 14-410 and 14-412 of this title apply to:

(1)     The Board; and

(2)     Any other entity, to the extent that it is acting in an investigatory
capacity for the Board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 697
(House Bill 831)

AN ACT concerning

Health Maintenance Organizations - Point-of-Service Option - Definition

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "point-of-service option" to specify that it
is a delivery system that permits a member or subscriber of a health maintenance
organization to receive services outside the health maintenance organization's
provider panel for any health care service that is covered under the member's or
subscriber's contract with the health maintenance organization.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-710.2(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-710.2(b)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland

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