ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 385

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article—Insurance

Section 19-517

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2002 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-954(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Health - General

19-103.

(c) The purpose of the Commission is to:

(1)     Develop health care cost containment strategies to help provide
access to appropriate quality health care services for all Marylanders, after
consulting with the Health Services Cost Review Commission;

(2)     Promote the development of a health regulatory system that
provides, for all Marylanders, financial and geographic access to quality health care
services at a reasonable cost by:

(i) Advocating policies and systems to promote the efficient
delivery of and improved access to health care services; and

(ii) Enhancing the strengths of the current health care service
delivery and regulatory system;

(3)     Facilitate the public disclosure of medical claims data for the
development of public policy;

(4)     Establish and develop a medical care data base on health care
services rendered by health care practitioners;

(5)     Encourage the development of clinical resource management systems
to permit the comparison of costs between various treatment settings and the
availability of information to consumers, providers, and purchasers of health care
services;

(6)     In accordance with Title 15, Subtitle 12 of the Insurance Article,
develop:

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