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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Health Care Workers' Safety Act, including requirements for a
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study on exposures of health care workers to blood and
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infectious materials by objects that can penetrate skin, and a
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report on establishment of a bloodborne pathogen standard .....
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408
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2693
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Health Maintenance Organization Quality Assurance Unit,
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established to investigate quality of care complaints and enforce
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quality of care requirements; Quality Assurance Medical
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Director for the unit, appointment required.............................................
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697
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3801
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Home and community based services, waiver amendment to
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receive federal matching funds for individuals who require
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services provided by a nursing facility, and administration of
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services, provisions added .............................................................
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126
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1546
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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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Managed Care Organizations -
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In the Medical Assistance Program, extent required to meet
requirements imposed on other health insurance carriers,
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study and report required ..........................................................
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120
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1473
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Rates, plan to assure accurate and actuarially sound rates,
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report requirements added........................................................
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118
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1243
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Medicaid managed care services, competitive procurement of,
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report requirements added................................................................
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118
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1241
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Mental health and substance abuse screening and assessment of
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minors entering the juvenile justice system, provisions added ..
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446
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2809
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Nursing homes, payments for reserving beds for medical
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assistance recipients, provisions altered; Task Force on Quality
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of Care in Nursing Facilities, established; comparative
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evaluation of nursing facility quality of care and performance,
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requirements added..............................................................................
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382
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2561
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383
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2570
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Rate setting structure for private schools and private residential
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and nonresidential child care programs, implementation and
administration by State Department of Education, and appeals
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provisions added......................................................................................
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541
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3238
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Regulatory authority over home health agencies, termination date
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repealed ...........................................................................................
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199
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1834
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Software site licenses, report required ............................................
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118
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1227
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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 Claims Arbitration SEE Medical Malpractice
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Health Insurance - -
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SEE ALSO Health Maintenance Organizations; Managed Care
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Organizations
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Certificate of qualification as an agent or broker, qualification
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requirements altered......................................................................
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135
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1650
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Certified registered nurse anesthetist or certified nurse midwife,
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medical care database information and uniform claim form
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required to include identification modifiers..........................................
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532
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3212
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