S.B. 386 VETOES
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, today I have
vetoed Senate Bill 386 - Medical Assistance Program - Employed Persons with
Disabilities Program.
This bill requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement the
Employed Persons with Disabilities Program by July 1, 2005, subject to certain
limitations.
House Bill 630, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me,
accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 386.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Governor
Senate Bill No. 386
AN ACT concerning
Medical Assistance Program - Employed Persons with Disabilities Program
FOR the purpose of requiring that the Medical Assistance Program include a certain
Employed Persons with Disabilities Program; specifying certain purposes for the
Employed Persons with Disabilities Program; establishing certain criteria for
eligibility to participate; establishing income levels for participation in the
Program; authorizing the Department to adopt certain regulations; requiring
the Department to establish a premium structure; specifying that failure to pay
a certain premium results in termination of eligibility, except under a certain
circumstance; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to
utilize certain collection procedures; requiring the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene to make certain reports on or before a certain date each year;
requiring the Department to enroll participants by a certain date; requiring the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to submit a certain application by a
certain date and to provide a certain notice within a certain time; providing for
the effective date of a certain portion of this Act, subject to a certain contingency;
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, subject to a certain
contingency, to adopt certain regulations by a certain time and in consultation
with certain individuals; providing for the termination of this Act under a
certain circumstance; and generally relating to the inclusion of the Employed
Persons with Disabilities Program under the Medical Assistance Program
requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement the
Employed Persons with Disabilities Program by a certain date, subject to
certain limitations; requiring the Department to consult with a certain coalition
prior to adopting regulations that develop the eligibility. criteria for the
Program; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain coalition, to
review certain regulations at least every three years; requiring the Department
to submit certain reports to the Governor and certain legislative committees by
certain dates; and generally relating to the Employed Persons with Disabilities
Program.
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