BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-101(f)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General
Section 19-116.2
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Health - General

19-101.

(f) (1) "Health care facility" means:

(i) A hospital, as defined in § 19-301 of this title;

(ii) A related institution, as defined in § 19-301 of this title;

(iii) An ambulatory surgical facility;

(iv) An inpatient facility that is organized primarily to help in the
rehabilitation of disabled individuals, through an integrated program of medical and
other services provided under competent professional supervision;

(v) A home health agency, as defined in § 19-401 of this title;

(vi) A hospice, as defined in § 19-901 of this title; and

(vii) Any other health institution, service, or program for which Part
I of this subtitle requires a certificate of need.

(2) "Health care facility" does not include:

(i) A hospital or related institution that is operated, or is listed and
certified, by the First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts;

(ii) For the purpose of providing an exemption from a certificate of
need under § 19-115 of this subtitle, a facility to provide comprehensive care
constructed by a provider of continuing care, as defined by Article 70B of the Code, if:

1. [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER § 19-116.2 OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE facility is for the exclusive use of the provider's subscribers who have
executed continuing care agreements for the purpose of utilizing independent living
units or [domiciliary care] ASSISTED LIVING UNITS within the continuing care
[facility] COMMUNITY;