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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 144
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(2) In addition to the information required under paragraph of this
subsection, the Commission may publish any other information that the Commission
deems appropriate.
(f) The Commission may establish health care cost annual adjustment goals
for the cost of health care services and may establish the total cost of health care
services by code to be rendered by a specialty group of health care practitioners
designated by the Commission during a 12-month period.
(g) In developing a health care cost annual adjustment goal under subsection
(f) of this section, the Commission shall:
(1) Consult with appropriate health care practitioners, payors, the
Association of Maryland Hospitals and Health Systems, the Health Services Cost
Review Commission, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the
Department of Business and Economic Development; and
(2) Take into consideration:
(i) The input costs and other underlying factors that contribute to
the rising cost of health care in the State and in the United States;
(ii) The resources necessary for the delivery of quality health care;
(iii) The additional costs associated with aging populations and new
technology;
(iv) The potential impacts of federal laws on health care costs; and
(v) The savings associated with the implementation of modified
practice patterns.
(h) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of impairing the ability of a
health maintenance organization to contract with health care practitioners or any
other individual under mutually agreed upon terms and conditions.
(i) A professional organization or society that performs activities in good faith
in furtherance of the purposes of this section is not subject to criminal or civil liability
under the Maryland Anti-Trust Act for those activities.]
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 19-137
through 19-139, respectively, of Article - Health - General of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 19-136 through 19-138, respectively.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2000.
May 18, 2000
The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the House
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