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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Children and Families Health Care Program, administration
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through employer sponsored or individual health benefit plans,
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requirements repealed; schedule and method of collection of
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family contribution premium, provisions altered; expansion of
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current eligibility levels, study required.....................................
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381
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2554
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Comparative evaluation of hospitals and ambulatory surgical
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facilities for quality of care and performance, provisions added ....
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657
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3641
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Continuing care community certificate of need exemption not
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affected by admission of person directly to nursing facility if
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relative of person is admitted at same time under joint contract
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to independent or assisted living facility, provisions added .......
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626
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3500
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Federally qualified health centers, determination of reasonable
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cost of providing services to medical assistance enrollees, and
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establishment of prospective rate, provisions added ...................
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261
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2000
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Health Care Access and Cost Commission, appropriation to .........
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118
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1246
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1373
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Health Care Commission, formed from consolidation of Health
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Resources Planning Commission (abolished) and Health Care
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Access and Cost Commission (renamed); Health Care
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Commission Fund, established and supported by user fees;
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advisory committees authorized; reports required ......................
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702
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3817
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Health care policy, financing and regulation, appropriation for ....
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118
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1239
1379
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Health insurance, external complaints and internal grievance
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process, expansion of types of carriers who are exempt from
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requirements, and application to individuals under plans
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delivered or issued in another state who live or work in
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Maryland, provisions added...............................................
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593
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3393
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Health Resources Planning Commission, appropriation to ............
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118
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1246
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Health Services Cost Review Commission -
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Appropriation to .............................................................................
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118
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1246
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1357
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Funding provisions, abrogation date repealed; maximum
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amount of total user fees assessed in a fiscal year, increased ...
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613
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3464
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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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Hospital outpatient services facility that was transferred off-site
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due to zoning restrictions, medical assistance reimbursement
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rate, provisions altered..................................................................
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670
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3696
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Managed behavioral health care organizations, notice to members
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and filing of mental health expense ratio, requirements added;
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Task Force to Develop Performance Quality Measures for
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Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations, established ...
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579
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3342
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