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Lead poisoning screening program for children under 6, provision
of documentation of lead screening to child care providers, and
case management of children with high blood lead levels,
provisions added .............................................................................
Medical screening services, reimbursement of hospital emergency
facilities and providers by health maintenance organizations,
provisions amended ........................................................................
Needle exchange program, termination provisions repealed;
annual report required ..................................................................
Nursing assistants, deadline for State regulation, advisory
committee to make recommendations, and report on proposed
legislation, provisions added .........................................................
Pharmacy assistance program, limitations of coverage and
copayment requirements, termination provisions repealed ........
Pre-employment drug testing using hair specimens, provisions
added ...............................................................................................
Residential treatment centers, licensure, inspection and
regulation, provisions altered ........................................................
Substance abuse screening and treatment of welfare recipients,
medical assistance, Family Investment Program, and food
stamp benefits to legal immigrants, medical assistance for
minors newly ineligible for SSI benefits, and immunity for third
party payees, provisions added .....................................................
Health Claims Arbitration SEE Medical Malpractice
Health Insurance - -
SEE ALSO Health Maintenance Organizations; Managed Care
Organizations
Baltimore City -
School system, management and educational reforms and
additional funding, provisions added ........................................
Coverage for individuals under guardianship, provisions added ...
Diabetes equipment, supplies, and self-management training and
educational services, coverage requirements added ....................
Disclosure of medical information by health and life insurers to
physician chosen by insured or applicant for insurance,
requirements added .......................................................................
Early retirement incentive or health insurance benefits for State
employees laid off as a result of State facility closure, whose
positions were not eliminated in the State budget and who were
not reemployed in another position, provisions added................
Educational or promotional materials or merchandise valued
under $10 excepted from prohibition against offering or giving
valuable consideration not specified in contract..........................
Emerging medical and surgical treatments, carriers required to
provide and disclose process for evaluating, and to establish
patient selection criteria for such treatment for which coverage
is provided.......................................................................................
Fraternal benefit societies, insurance provisions revised ..............
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INDEX
|
521
|
2941
|
|
107
|
1583
|
|
177
178
|
1826
1827
|
|
194
|
1889
|
|
173
|
1817
|
|
594
|
3295
|
|
130
|
1716
|
|
593
|
3264
|
|
105
256
|
1529
2051
|
|
167
168
|
1803
1806
|
|
198
|
1906
|
|
736
|
4179
|
|
515
|
2903
|
|
332
183
|
2380
1843
|
|
