PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 14

$1,500,000, prior to approval, the Department shall designate funds under paragraph
(1)(iii) of this subsection sufficient to provide an initial surplus of at least $1,500,000.

(c) (1) (i) Each managed care organization shall maintain a surplus that
exceeds the liabilities of the managed care organization in the amount that is at least
equal to the greater of $750,000 or 5 percent of the subscription charges earned during
the prior calendar year as recorded in the annual report filed by the managed care
organization with the Commissioner.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect internal references and incorrect word usage in §
15-102.4(b)(2) and incorrect grammar in § 15-102.4(c)(l)(i) of the Health -
General Article.

Occurred: Ch. 352, Acts of 1996. Correction by the Michie Company in the
1996 Supplement of the Health - General Article is validated by this Act.

15-103.

(a) (1) The Secretary shall administer the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program.

(2) The Program:

(i) Subject to the limitations of the State budget, shall provide
comprehensive medical and other health care services for indigent individuals or
medically indigent individuals or both;

(ii) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget,
comprehensive medical and other health care services for all eligible pregnant women
and, at a minimum, all children currently under the age of 1 whose family income falls
below 185 percent of the poverty level, as permitted by the federal law;

(iii) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget, family
planning services to women currently eligible for comprehensive medical care and other
health care under item (ii) of this paragraph for 5 years after the second month following
the month in which the woman delivers her child;

(iv) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget,
comprehensive medical and other health care services for all children from the age of 1
year up through and including the age of 5 years whose family income falls below 133
percent of the poverty level, as permitted by the federal law;

(v) Shall provide, subject to the limitations of the State budget,
comprehensive medical care and other health care services for all children born after
September 30, 1983 who are at least 6 years of age but are under 19 years of age whose
family income falls below 100 percent of the poverty level, as permitted by federal law;

(vi) May include bedside nursing care for eligible Program recipients;

and

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