Maintenance, disclosure, destruction, and confidentiality,
provisions altered .......................................................................

Medical review committee proceedings, records, and files,
discovery and admissibility in evidence in civil actions,
provisions altered...........................................................................

Medical savings accounts that qualify under the federal Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
regulations establishing modified health benefit plan in the
small group market for, requirements added...............................

Medical screening services, reimbursement of hospital emergency
facilities and providers by health maintenance organizations,
provisions amended ........................................................................

Methylphenidate and Other Drugs, Task Force to Study the Uses
on School Children, established....................................................

Needle exchange program, termination provisions repealed;
annual report required ..................................................................

Osteoporosis, health care coverage for procedure to identify bone

mass or detect bone loss, requirements added ............................

Physical fitness advisory councils, control transferred to counties .
Public health services, appropriation to ..........................................

School Health Pilot Program, made permanent and renamed
School Health Program ..................................................................

Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of - -

Appropriation to .................................................................................

Babies born addicted to, dependent on, or with a significant

presence in child's blood of controlled dangerous substances,
drug treatment for mothers and intervention requirements,
provisions added .............................................................................

367 368	2522 2530
586	3227
709 5	4083 345
325	2356

Claim against estate of deceased medical assistance recipient,
deadline for filing, established; notification of Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene by recipient's attorney of cause of
action to which Department has a right of subrogation,
requirements added .......................................................................

Core mental health service agency access to mediation process
established by Mental Hygiene Administration and appeal to
Office of Administrative Hearings, provisions added ..................

Duplicative reports eliminated .........................................................

Fee collection from core mental health service agencies for
admission and treatment of individuals in State facilities,
provisions altered; mental health districts and regional mental
health directors, provisions repealed ............................................

580	3181
696	4024
698	4029
107	1583
504	2879
177 178	1826 1827
217 5 3	1952 345 143 246 259
358 553	2484 3035
3	142 235 246 259

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