Ch. 202

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Further provided that, with the exception of
payments made under the regulatory
authority of the Health Services Cost
Review Commission, payments to
providers may not be raised above levels
set in regulations in effect April 1, 2003,
except as specifically authorized in
legislation. Further provided that the
Mental Hygiene Administration may not
waive payment regulations in effect April
1, 2003, except as specifically authorized
in legislation.

Further provided that before the Mental
Hygiene Administration may enter into
any privatization agreement or issue a
Request for Proposals for the
privatization of any of its current facilities
or portions thereof, that agreement or
Request for Proposals shall be submitted
to the budget committees for review and
comment. The budget committees shall
have 30 days to review and comment on
any agreement or request for proposals.

Further provided that it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the Community
Services and Community Services for
Medicaid Recipients budgets be
reimbursed in accordance with the budget
detail presented to, and approved by, the
General Assembly. Should the
administration wish to make a regulatory,
policy, or procedural change which
increases or decreases the budget by a
sum greater than $500,000, it shall inform
the budget committees of the change and
the committees shall have 30 days to
review and consider it before it becomes
effective. In reporting any change, the
administration shall also include an
assessment of the impact on clients and
providers.

M00L01.01 Program Direction

General Fund Appropriation, provided that
$1,000,000 $2,000,000 of this

appropriation may not be expended until

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