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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 565
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directly, or indirectly, from funds of the State, whether appropriated or
unappropriated. No part of the fund may consist of real property, in kind
contributions, or funds expended prior to the effective date of this Act. The fund may
consist of in kind contributions. In case of any dispute as to the amount of the
matching fund or what money or assets may qualify as matching funds, the Board of
Public Works shall determine the matter and the Board's decision is final. The
grantee has until June 1, 2002, to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public
Works that a matching fund will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the
Board shall certify this fact and the amount of the matching fund to the State
Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan equal to the amount of the matching fund
shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. Any amount of the loan in
excess of the amount of the matching fund certified by the Board of Public Works
shall be canceled and be of no further effect.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2000.
Approved May 18, 2000.
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CHAPTER 565
(Senate Bill 855)
AN ACT concerning
Public Health— Senior Assistance - Insurance Subsidy for Medicare Plus
Choice Short-Term Prescription Drug Subsidy Plan
FOR the purpose of establishing a certain subsidy program under which a subsidy is
to be paid to insurers for certain enrollees in Medicare plus Choice; establishing
certain guidelines for enrollee eligibility; establishing the eligibility criteria for
participating in the subsidy program; requiring certain benefits to be provided
in order to be eligible for the subsidy; allowing a managed care organization to
include certain deductibles and co-payments as part of its program; requiring
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to make payments to certain
managed care providers within a certain period of time, to provide a certain
report, and to adopt certain regulations; providing for the termination of this
Act; and generally relating to a subsidy program for insurers for certain
enrollees in Medicare plus Choice prescription drug plan for certain Medicare
Plus Choice eligible individuals residing in certain medically underserved
counties or portions of counties; requiring a certain carrier to provide the plan as
a condition of receiving a certain hospital rate differential; requiring certain
other carriers to pay a certain assessment into a certain fund as a condition of
receiving that differential; creating the fund and providing for the use and
administration of the fund; providing an exception to the insurance premium tax
for the plan created under this Act; requiring that the carrier providing the plan
meet certain conditions; requiring that the plan include a certain deductible and
limitation on total benefits and certain co-pays and premiums; allowing the
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