Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-2A-04.

(c) (1) Within 20 days after the [time for filing a response] FILING OF THE
CLAIMANT'S CERTIFICATE OF A QUALIFIED EXPERT, OR, IN A CASE IN WHICH LACK
OF INFORMED CONSENT IS THE SOLE ISSUE, WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER THE FILING OF
THE DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE, the Director shall deliver to each party the names of 6
persons chosen at random from the attorney categorical list prepared by him
pursuant to § 3-2A-03(c), together with a brief biographical statement as to each of
these persons.

(2) No later than 20 days after receiving notice of the [scheduling of the
prehearing conference] SCHEDULED HEARING, the Director shall deliver to each
party the names of 6 persons chosen at random from each of the remaining
categorical lists prepared by him pursuant to § 3-2A-03(c), together with a brief
biographical statement as to each of these persons. If the claim or the response states
that the matter falls within one or more recognized specialties, the Director, if
practicable, shall include persons in the specialty on the list from the health care
provider category. Before delivering each list, the Director shall inquire of the persons
selected and assure himself that they do not have a personal or economic relationship
with any of the parties or their counsel, or any cases in which they are a party before
the arbitration office, that can form the basis of any partiality on their part. If, in the
judgment of the Director, a person selected has such a relationship with a party, his
name shall be replaced by another chosen at random.

(3) The biographical statements sent to the parties under this subsection
shall have been updated within 2 years.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 165
(Senate Bill 276)

AN ACT concerning

State Personnel - Employee— to Employee Leave Donation Program

FOR the purpose of allowing a State employee to receive and use donations of unused
annual, sick, or personal leave under the Employee-to-Employee Leave