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(ii) The program plan of the health maintenance organization to
determine if it is adequate and being followed;

(iii) The professional standards and practices of the health
maintenance organization in every area of services provided;

(iv) The grievances relating specifically to the delivery of medical
care, including their final disposition;

(v) The physical facilities and equipment; and

(vi) A statistically representative sample of member records.

(5) (i) The Secretary may accept all or part of a report of an approved
accrediting organization as meeting the external review requirements under this
subtitle.

(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, a
report of an approved accrediting organization used by the Department as meeting
the external review requirements under this subtitle shall be made available to the
public on request.

(iii) The Department may not disclose and shall treat as
confidential all confidential commercial and financial information contained in a
report of an approved accrediting organization in accordance with § 10-617(d) of the
State Government-Article.

(iv) The Department may inspect a facility of a health maintenance
organization to:

1.       Determine compliance with any quality requirement
established under this subtitle;

2.       Follow up on a serious problem identified by an approved
accrediting organization; or

3.       Investigate a complaint.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 262
(Senate Bill 688)

AN ACT concerning

Maternal Mortality Review Program - Termination Provision - Repeal

FOR the purpose of repealing the termination provision of the Maternal Mortality

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