Home- and community-based services waiver application for
person receiving nursing home services under the medical
assistance program, denial of waiver due to lack of funding,
prohibitions added; reports on promotion and use of waiver,
required ...........................................................................................

Hospices, jurisdictions in which a general hospice may provide
home-based hospice services, restrictions added; annual survey
of hospice programs, study and report of status of hospice
services, and update of State health plan's hospice chapter,
requirements added .......................................................................

Lead poisoning testing of children, certified documentation, report
of lack of documentation, and time frame for administration by
child care providers, requirements added ....................................

Local public health cancer and tobacco grants, methodology for
calculating, report required ...........................................................

Maternal Mortality Review Program, termination provision
repealed ...........................................................................................

Medbank Program, termination date extended; administration
transferred to Medbank of Maryland, Inc.; use of funds,
provisions altered; report requirements altered ..........................

Medical care provider reimbursements, accounting system and
reporting requirements ..................................................................

Nursing homes, electronic monitoring with consent of resident,
development of guidelines and report, requirements added .......

Nursing homes that receive payments from the Medical
Assistance Program, third party liability reviews and audits,
and credit balance reports, requirements added; measures to
resolve issues relating to delays in the Medicaid eligibility
process for nursing home residents, report required ..................

Outpatient mental health treatment, provider reimbursement for
individuals covered under both Medicaid and Medicare,
provisions added; report on funding of reimbursements,
required ...........'................................................................................

Pharmacy access hotline for medical assistance recipients,
establishment required; notice, tracking, and report
requirements added .......................................................................

Physician Quality Assurance, State Board of, renamed to be State
Board of Physicians; termination date extended; membership,
appointment, vacancy, fees, Board of Physicians Fund, and
physician rehabilitation, peer review, and discipline, provisions
altered .............................................................................................

Piano and zero-powered contact lenses and replacement contact
lenses, rules and regulations governing selling and dispensing,
requirements added .......................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

303	2291
404	2874
178	1473
203	1820
262	2178
236	2026
202	1736
409	2887
394	2819
366	2604
260	2166
252	2105
245	2063