PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             S.B. 338

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Chapter 503 of the Acts of 1996

[SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall work with the Maryland Health Care
Access and Cost Commission on development of a bundled payment for medical
screening that meets the requirements of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and
Active Labor Act. Should a flat fee not take effect on or before March 31, 1997, Section
2 of this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. The Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, within 5 days after a bundled payment takes effect, shall
forward notice that the bundled payment has taken effect to the Department of
Legislative Reference. If a bundled payment has not taken effect on or before March 31,
1997, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before April 5, 1997, shall
forward a notice that the bundled payment has not taken effect by that date to the
Department of Legislative Reference.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Health Services Cost
Review Commission shall conduct a follow-up to the study conducted in 1996 examining
the effect of the provisions of § 19-712.5(c) of the Health - General Article on the billing
patterns of hospitals and emergency physicians. The Commission shall report the results
of the study by January 31, 1998 1999 to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1312
of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted. At the end of July 1, 1998 1999, with no further action required by the General
Assembly, Section 1 of this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

May 22, 1997

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 338.

This bill revises the definition of risk assets to mean a credit union's total loans
outstanding to its members. In addition, the bill allows credit unions to make unsecured
loans to members if the Commissioner has approved an unsecured lending policy for that
credit union and the credit union is following that policy.

House Bill 587, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on this date,

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