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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Information Technology Board, membership and duties, including
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recommendations concerning use of the Internet in health care
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industry, provisions altered....................................................................
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656
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3634
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Inmate alcohol and drug abuse treatment program, sanctions for
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participation refusal, provisions added ........................................
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315
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2297
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Joseph Fund, established to meet emergency needs of children and
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provide health services and food and shelter assistance to
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economically disadvantaged, especially in times of economic
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downturn.............................................................................................
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516
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3163
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517
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3169
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Lake Clifton High School, appropriation for school-based health
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center..............................................................................................
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118
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1448
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Local health department employees, cost of living adjustment,
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appropriation for..........................................................................................
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118
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1342
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Patients' Bill of Rights Act, to establish the Insurance
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Administration as consumers' single point of entry for health
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insurance information, improve access to specialists and
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prescription drugs not in carrier's formulary, and add mandated
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benefit of home visits after mastectomy or testicle removal ......
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120
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1473
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Practice Parameters, Advisory Committee on, provisions repealed;
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expiration of adopted practice parameters, provisions added ....
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111
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1124
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Public health services, appropriation for.................................................
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118
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1229
1342
1370
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Regulatory commissions, appropriation for .....................................
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118
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1246
1357
1373
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Substance Abuse Programs, Task Force to Study Increasing the
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Availability of, report and termination dates extended ..............
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390
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2606
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Tobacco product manufacturers that sell cigarettes in Maryland
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required to either participate in Master Settlement Agreement
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or deposit certain amounts of funds into a qualified escrow
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account, model statute provisions added..................................................
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169
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1729
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Tobacco Settlement Funds -
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Federal legislation to prohibit the federal government from
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recouping any portion of state tobacco settlement funds,
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support for ...................................................................................
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JR1
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3929
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Restrictions on use, added................................................................
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118
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1333
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Transitional Emergency Medical and Housing Assistance Program
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grant, appropriation for.......................................................................
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118
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1255
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Universal newborn hearing screening, provisions added ...............
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127
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1553
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128
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1562
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Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority - -
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Hospital closings or bed capacity alterations, certificate of need
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requirements and exemptions, creation of "limited service
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hospital" category, delicensing of hospital beds and financing of
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hospital closing costs, provisions altered and added ...................
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678
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3717
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