Developmental disabilities community services, provider
reimbursement rate, provisions altered .......................................

Electrologists and electrology instructors, licensing and regulation
by State Board of Nursing, provisions added; Electrology
Practice Committee established under Board of Nursing,
termination date and evaluation deadline added; State Board of
Electrologists, provisions repealed ................................................

Emergency evaluation of individuals with mental, disorders,
standards for petition and order, altered.................................

Generically equivalent drugs, provision by pharmacist of
information on availability and cost difference to retail
consumers, requirements added....................................................

Health care services disparities based on minority and. economic
status, reduction plan and reports required; higher education
curricula and continuing education requirements and programs
that address the disparity problem, provisions added...............

Health maintenance organization definition of "covered service"
revised to include referral or preauthorization requirements,
with an exception for trauma care rendered in a trauma center;
collection from enrollee by health care provider, provisions.
altered.............................................................................................

Health Personnel Shortage Incentive Grant Program,
appropriation for ...........................................................................

Health professionals boards and commission, appropriation to ....

HIV testing of patient who is unavailable or unable to consent to
testing if exposure between patient and health care provider or
first responder occurred, and report on testing of patients who
refuse to consent, requirements added.........................................

Injuries sustained as a result of professional services provided by
health care provider, civil action to recover damages prohibited
under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act............................

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

Managed behavioral health care organizations, disclosure,
reporting, and record keeping requirements for health, insurer
or health maintenance organization that contracts with,
provisions altered...........................................................................

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

Medical Care Provider Reimbursements -

Accounting system and reporting requirements ..........................

Appropriation for..........................................................................

INDEX

Chapter

Page

203	1785
422	2930
441	3008
318	2377
453	3074
440	3002
202	1675
202	1601
143	1366
371	2616
178	1473
323	2400
262	2178
202	1736
202	1618
	1753

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