INDEX

Chapter

Page

Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of —

Appropriation to..............................................................................

118

1226
1357
1370

Assisted Living Programs —

Facilities providing services to 15 or fewer persons, date after

which sanctions may be imposed for violations of law or

regulations governing, extended................................................

156

1692

157

1693

Number and duration of "level of care 3 plus waivers" granted,

annual report requirements added ...........................................

195

1798

Services offered as part of continuing care community,

provisions for resident agreements, agreements, and
disclosure statements, and for transfer from assisted living

program to another program in continuing care community,

altered...........................................................................................

526

3199

Term of licensure and inspection requirements, provisions

altered..........................................................................................

205

1847

Child protective services, accountability and independent

oversight increased by establishing State Citizens Review Board

for Children, State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, State

and Local Child Fatality Review Teams and local citizens review

panels...................................................................................................

355

2433

356

2455

Children and Families Health Care Program, administration

through employer sponsored or individual health benefit plans,

requirements repealed; schedule and method of collection of

family contribution premium, provisions altered; expansion of

current eligibility levels, study required....................................

381

2554

Dental Examiners, State Board of, membership altered,

termination date extended, and evaluation required; dentist and

dental hygienist rehabilitation committees, membership,

funding, budget, and audit requirements altered.......................

158

' 1693

Developmentally disabled individuals, community service

providers payment recovery, reconciliation of year-end reports,

and audit by Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,

provisions altered; unspent FY 2000 Waiting List Initiative

general funds, reversion to general fund prohibited ...................

204

1844

Federally qualified health centers, determination of reasonable

cost of providing services to medical assistance enrollees, and

establishment of prospective rate, provisions added ...................

261

2000

Handling of federal funds in FY 1998, and improvement of

follow-up on complaints about quality of care at long term care

facilities, report requirements added..................................................

118

1227

Health Care Commission, formed from consolidation of Health

Resources Planning Commission (abolished) and Health Care

Access and Cost Commission (renamed); Health Care

Commission Fund, established and supported by user fees;

advisory committees authorized; reports required ......................

702

3817