Medical review committees, categories expanded to include the
Maryland Patient Safety Center ...................................................

Mental health care provider payments by Mental Hygiene
Administration, maximum amount, restrictions added ..............

Nurse registries, provisions altered .................................................

Nursing, Board of, appropriation to .................................................

Nursing Scholarship Program, appropriation for............................

Office-based, medication-assisted opioid addiction therapy,
establishment or designation by Board of Physician Quality
Assurance of a program to train physicians who wish to attain a
federal waiver to practice, requirements added ..........................

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 .......................................................................

Physical and Occupational Therapy Program, appropriation for
tuition assistance ...........................................................................

Physical Therapy Examiners Fund, State Board of, transfer of
funds to the General Fund............................................................

Physician Assistant - Nurse Practitioner Training Program,
appropriation for ............................................................................

Physician Quality Assurance, State Board of-

Appropriation to .............................................................................

Fund, transfer of funds to the General Fund ..............................

Renamed to be State Board of Physicians; termination date
extended; evaluation deadline added; membership,
appointment, vacancy, fees, Board of Physicians Fund, and
physician rehabilitation, peer review, and discipline,
provisions altered .......................................................................

Physician rehabilitation committee, provisions added ...................

Podiatric Medical Examiners Fund, State Board of, transfer of
funds to the General Fund ............................................................

Podiatrists, license application, examination waiver, signature
requirement, grace period, reinstatement to person on inactive
status, change of address notification, discipline, limited and
temporary licenses, penalties, and State board member
qualifications, provisions added and altered ...............................

Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund, Board of, transfer
of funds to the General Fund ........................................................

Providers on health insurance carrier provider panel, provision of
list and other information to enrollees and prospective enrollees,
requirements altered ......................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

126	1305
202	1610
316	2340
202	1601
202	1675
220	1953
366	2604
260	2166
202	1675
203	1815
202	1674
202	1601
203	1815
252	2105
252	2105
203	1815
134	1325
203	1815
259	2164