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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 258
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GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN AN INTERIM REPORT
WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF BEING APPOINTED AND IN AN ANNUAL REPORT ON JANUARY 1
OF EACH YEAR
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from
the date it is enacted. It shall remain effective until the end of December 1, 2005, at
which time, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be
abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 258
(House Bill 363)
AN ACT concerning
Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing
FOR the purpose of creating the Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing;
providing for the membership, leadership, charge, compensation and
reimbursement, and staffing of the Commission; establishing certain
subcommittees for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene to convene a certain summit on the crisis in nursing; making this
Act an emergency measure; providing for the termination of this Act; and
generally relating to the Statewide Commission on the Crisis in Nursing.
BY adding to
Article — Health Occupations
Section 8-7B-01 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 7B. Statewide
Commission on the Crisis in Nursing"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, In Maryland, and across the country, concerns about an increasing
nursing shortage continue to grow; and
WHEREAS, A number of factors contribute to the growing shortages in qualified
nursing personnel; and
WHEREAS, The way care is delivered has changed dramatically over the last
decade with more people being treated in outpatient settings, shorter and more
intense lengths of stay in acute and long-term care settings, and the development of
alternatives to nursing home care; and
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