[19-221.] 19-227.

(a) (1) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Commission under
this subtitle may not appeal to the Board of Review but may take a direct judicial
appeal.

(2) The appeal shall be made as provided for judicial review of final
decisions in the Administrative Procedure Act.

(b) (1) An appeal from a final decision of the Commission under this section
shall be taken in the name of the person aggrieved as appellant and against the
Commission as appellee.

(2) The Commission is a necessary party to an appeal at all levels of the

appeal.

(3) The Commission may appeal any decision that affects any of its final
decisions to a higher level for further review.

(4) On grant of leave by the appropriate court, any aggrieved party or
interested person may intervene or participate in an appeal at any level,

(c) Any person, government agency, or nonprofit health service plan that
contracts with or pays a facility for health care services has standing to participate in
Commission hearings and shall be allowed to appeal final decisions of the
Commission.

Article 43C - Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority

16A.

(a) In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(1) "Closure costs" means the reasonable costs determined by the Health
Services Cost Review Commission to be incurred in connection with the closure or
delicensure of a hospital, including expenses of operating the hospital, payments to
employees, employee benefits, fees of consultants, insurance, security services,
utilities, legal fees, capital costs, costs of terminating contracts with vendors,
suppliers of goods and services and others, debt service, contingencies and other
necessary or appropriate costs and expenses.

(2) (i) "Public body obligation" means any bond, note, evidence of
indebtedness or other obligation for the payment of borrowed money issued by the
Authority, any public body as defined in Article 31, § 9 of the Code, the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, or any municipal corporation subject to the provisions of
Article XI-E of the Maryland Constitution.

(ii) "Public body obligation" does not include any obligation, or
portion of any such obligation, if:

1. The principal of and interest on the obligation or such

portion thereof is: