PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 678

[(c)] (D) The Maryland Hospital Bond Program is hereby created within the
Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority. The Program shall
provide for the payment and refinancing of public body obligations of a hospital, as
defined in § 19-301 of the Health - General Article, if:

(1) The closure of a hospital is in accordance with § 19-115(1) of the
Health - General [Article or] ARTICLE, the delicensure of a hospital is in accordance
with § 19-325 of the Health - General [Article;] ARTICLE, OR THE CONVERSION OF A
HOSPITAL IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 19-115(J) OF THE HEALTH—GENERAL ARTICLE
SUBSECTION (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION;

(2) There are public body obligations issued on behalf of the hospital
outstanding; AND

(3) [The closure of the hospital is not the result of a merger or
consolidation with 1 or more other hospitals; and

(4) ] The hospital plan for [closure or delicensure] CLOSURE,
DELICENSURE, OR CONVERSION and the related financing or refinancing plan is
acceptable to the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Authority.

[(d)] (E) (1) The Health Resources Planning Commission shall give:

(i) The Authority and the Health Services Cost Review
Commission written notification of the filing by a hospital with the Health Resources
Planning Commission of any written notice of intent to close under § 19-115(1) of the
Health - General Article; [or]

(II) THE AUTHORITY AND THE HEALTH SERVICES COST REVIEW
COMMISSION WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF THE FILING BY A HOSPITAL WITH THE
HEALTH RESOURCES PLANNING COMMISSION OF ANY WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENT
TO CONVERT UNDER § 19-115 (J) OF THE HEALTH—GENERAL ARTICLE SUBSECTION
(A)(3) OF THIS SECTION; OR

[(ii)] (III) The Authority written notification of the filing with the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene of a petition for the delicensure of a hospital
under § 19-325 of the Health - General Article.

(2) The notice required by this subsection shall be given within [10] 5
days after the filing of the notice or petition.

[(e)] (F) [(1) The Health Resources Planning Commission and the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene shall give the Authority and the Health Services Cost
Review Commission written notification of:

(i) A determination by the Health Resources Planning Commission
to exempt a hospital closure from the certificate of need requirement pursuant to §
19-115(1) of the Health - General Article; or

(ii) A determination by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
to delicense a hospital pursuant to § 19-325 of the Health - General Article.]