Ch. 415                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) A STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL
RETARDATION IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(A)     (B) A CEMETERY OWNED BY THE STATE AND LOCATED ON THE
GROUNDS OF A STATE FACILITY MAY NOT BE SOLD BY THE STATE IF THE STATE
FACILITY IS DOWNSIZED, CONSOLIDATED, CLOSED, OR SOLD.

(B)     (C) A CEMETERY OWNED BY THE STATE SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE
STATE AND MARKED WITH A MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE INDIVIDUALS
INTERRED IN THE CEMETERY.

(C) (D) ANY EASEMENT OR RIGHT OF ENTRY TO A CEMETERY OWNED BY
THE STATE AND LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF A STATE FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN
RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE CEMETERY IS
LOCATED ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2004 MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR SOLD.

(E) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION, A
CEMETERY OR AN EASEMENT OR RIGHT OF ENTRY TO A CEMETERY OWNED BY THE
STATE AND LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF A STATE FACILITY MAY BE SOLD BY THE
STATE IF THE DEED FOR THE PROPERTY INCLUDES A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT
REQUIRING THE OWNER AND ANY FUTURE OWNER TO MAINTAIN THE CEMETERY AS
PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 415
(House Bill 1361)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Hearings on Appeals and Grievances

FOR the purpose of altering certain provisions governing the submission of a claim by
a health care provider to a carrier for payment; requiring a carrier to accept the
filing of an appeal from certain individuals; requiring carriers and private
review agents to make certain determinations within certain time periods;
requiring carriers and private review agents to provide notice of the carrier's
determination under certain circumstances; requiring the Insurance
Commissioner to accept the filing of a complaint from certain individuals;
defining certain terms; altering certain definitions; providing for a delayed
effective date; and generally relating to the claims handling and appeals and
grievance processes with respect to the payment of claims by insurance carriers
for health care services.

FOR the purpose of requiring certain health insurance carriers to have the burden of

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