Ch. 322

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. may only request the patient's membership number, policy
number, or other similar unique patient identifier and first name for patient
identification.

(iii) The Commissioner may waive the requirements of regulations
adopted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph for the use of a uniform treatment
plan form for any entity that would be using the form solely for internal purposes.

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

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 322
(House Bill 705)

AN ACT concerning

Victims' Rights - Crime - Definition

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of crime in provisions relating to certain
costs required to be paid by defendants, the authority of a court to enter a
judgment of restitution, and the State Board of Victim Services; and generally
relating to the definition of crime.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 7-409

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Criminal Procedure

Section 11-601(a), 11-603(a), 11-910(a), and 11-911
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Procedure
Section 11-601(d) and 11-910(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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