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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 230
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(10) A health care practitioner who refers a patient to a dialysis facility, if
the patient has been diagnosed with end stage renal disease as defined in the
Medicare regulations pursuant to the Social Security Act; OR
(11) A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER WHO REFERS A PATIENT TO A
HOSPITAL IN WHICH THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER HAS A BENEFICIAL
INTEREST IF:
(I) THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO
PERFORM SERVICES AT THE HOSPITAL; AND
(II) THE OWNERSHIP OR INVESTMENT INTEREST IS IN THE
HOSPITAL ITSELF AND NOT SOLELY IN A SUBDIVISION OF THE HOSPITAL.
(e) A health care practitioner exempted from the provisions of this section in
accordance with subsection (d) shall be subject to the disclosure provisions of § 1-303
of this subtitle.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2000.
Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 230
(Senate Bill 116)
AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation Commission - Offsets and Credits for Overpayment
of Certain Benefits
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Workers' Compensation Commission to order an
offset or credit against an award for permanent partial disability benefits for
vocational rehabilitation benefits previously provided to a covered employee on
or after a certain date or for temporary total disability benefits previously paid
to a covered employee on or after a certain date.
BY adding to
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-610.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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