(2) (i) The home health agency shall submit the report of the
accreditation organization to the Secretary within 30 days of its receipt.

(ii) All reports submitted under this paragraph shall be available
for public inspection.

(3) The Secretary may:

(i) Inspect the home health agency for the purpose of a complaint

investigation;

(ii) Inspect the home health agency to follow up on a serious
problem identified in an accreditation organization's report; and

(iii) Annually, conduct a survey of up to 5 percent of all home health
agencies in the State to validate the findings of an accreditation organization's report.

(e) The provisions of this section do not waive the requirement for a home
health agency to obtain a certificate of need.

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

Chapter 432 of the Acts of 1994

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994. [It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of
September 30, 1999, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this
Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999...

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 200
(House Bill 42)

AN ACT concerning

Condominium Warranties

FOR the purpose of providing that, in a residential condominium regime, certain
implied warranties may not be excluded or modified; clarifying that certain
warranties apply to certain condominium sales; and generally relating to
condominium warranties.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Real Property
Section 10-203