Provider payments by Mental Hygiene Administration,

maximum amount, restrictions added ......................................

Provider reimbursement for outpatient treatment for
individuals covered under both Medicaid and Medicare,
provisions added; report on funding of reimbursements,

required .......................................................................................

Nonprofit health service plans, mission plan, board of directors
composition, salaries, and duties, and other criteria required to
maintain favorable tax treatment, provisions altered and added;
Joint Nonprofit Health Service Plan Oversight Committee
established; reports required .........................................................

Nursing Homes -

Payment when recipient is temporarily absent, requirements

altered ..........................................................................................

Third party liability reviews, 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.........................................................

Pharmacy access hotline, establishment required; notice, tracking,

and report requirements added.....................................................

Pharmacy Assistance Program -

Copayment amount, altered ..........................................................

Eligibility guidelines altered; program to provide information
about other prescription drug programs, requirements altered
Primary Adult Care Network, established; review of health care
services offered to adults under the Medicaid program and
funded by Cigarette Restitution Fund and Mental Hygiene
Administration adult mental health care services, required;
report on inequities between managed care organizations,

required ...........................................................................................

Medical Equipment — See Equipment
Medical Examiners —

Chief Medical Examiner, appropriation to .......................................

Medical Malpractice —

Health Claims Arbitration Office, appropriation to ........................

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

Physician Quality Assurance, State Board of, 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 .................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

202	1610
366	2604
356	2474
357	2527
345	2453
394	2819
260	2166
344	2452
270	2211
448	3033
202	1606
202	1542
371	2616
252	2105