(b) Subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Legislative
Services, the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland shall correct any
cross-references that are rendered incorrect by this Act.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a) Notwithstanding the repeal of § 19-122 of the Health - General Article
under Section 1 of this Act, until the end of May 31, 2000, the Health Care Access and
Cost Commission shall continue to assess and collect user fees from hospitals and
nursing homes in the same manner and with the same authority as did the Health
Resources Planning Commission in accordance with the provisions of § 19-122 of the
Health - General Article as it was in effect on September 30, 1999; and

(b) All fees assessed and collected by the Health Care Access and Cost
Commission in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall be paid into the
Health Care Access and Cost Fund established under § 19-1515 of the Health -
General Article and shall be used only to provide funding for the Health Care Access
and Coot Commission and for the purposes authorized under this Act.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any balance remaining in
the Health Resources Planning Commission Fund, as provided in § 19-122 of the
Health - General Article at the end of September 30, 1999 shall be transferred to the
Health Care Access and Cost Fund, as established under § 19-1515 of the Health -
General Article.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any balance remaining in
the Health Care Access and Cost Fund, as provided in § 19-1515 of the Health -
General Article at the end of May 31, 2000 shall be transferred to the Health Care
Access and Cost Commission Fund, as enacted by Section 3 of this Act.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 3 of this Act shall
take effect June 1, 2000.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, beginning on October 1,
1999, the Chairman and the Executive Director of the Health Care Access and Cost
Commission shall meet regularly, and at least once every three months, with the
Chairman and Executive Director of the Health Services Cost Review Commission to
foster the coordination of functions between the two commissions and to evaluate the
feasibility, desirability, and best method of reorganizing the duties and
responsibilities of the two commissions under one commission.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a) Beginning on October 1, 1999, the Chairman and the Executive Director of
the Maryland Health Care Commission shall meet regularly, and at least once every 3
months, with the Chairman and Executive Director of the Health Services Cost Review
Commission to foster the coordination of functions between the two commissions.

(b) The Chairman and Executive Director of the Maryland Health Care
Commission and the Chairman and Executive Director of the Health Services Cost
Review Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Insurance Commissioner and
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, shall evaluate the feasibility, desirability,