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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Mental health care provider's duty to predict, warn of, or take
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precautions to provide protection from a patient's violent
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behavior, provisions expanded to include a facility or other
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entity that provides treatment or services to people with mental
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disorders ..........................................................................................
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44
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426
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Patient Protection Act, to restrict bonuses or other
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incentive-based compensation provided to health care
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practitioners and require health insurance carriers to give
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providers a copy of reimbursement fee schedules, coding
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guidelines, and reimbursement level, change or bonus
determination methodology ...........................................................
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255
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1984
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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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Prescriptive authority, delegation to physician assistant by
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physician under a delegation agreement, provisions added .......
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655
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3616
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Psychiatric medication, refusal by patient and review by clinical
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review panel, termination date of provisions extended ..............
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203
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1843
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Patuxent Institution —
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Appropriation to .................................................................................
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118
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1274
1376
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Bond funds for kitchen, dining hall, visitor registration center, and
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perimeter security improvements .................................................
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212
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1864
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Correctional Services Article -
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Corrections to cross-references, errors, and omissions; various
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provisions altered .......................................................................
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64
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1015
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New article added to the Annotated Code of Maryland........................
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54
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445
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Patuxent River SEE Rivers and Streams
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Penalties - -
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Adoption and medical assistance, interstate compacts for,
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authorized .......................................................................................
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320
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2328
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Alcoholic beverages, interstate shipment to persons in Maryland,
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prohibition added...........................................................................
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616
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3469
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Animal used by law enforcement unit, intentional infliction of
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harm or death upon, prohibition added............................................
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448
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2814
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Assault with bodily fluids of correctional institution employee by
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prisoner, and assault of employees of sheriffs office, criminal
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provisions added .............................................................................
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345
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2400
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346
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2402
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Assisted living programs providing services to 15 or fewer persons,
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date after which sanctions may be imposed for violations of law
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or regulations governing, extended.................................................
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156
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1692
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157
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1693
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Assisted suicide, prohibited.............................................................
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700
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3812
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Baltimore City -
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Civilian Review Board established, with jurisdiction over
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abusive language, harassment, and excessive force by police
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officers........................................................................................
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196
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1801
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