Ch. 472                                   2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

organizations listed below, study how to prevent, identify, and deter workers'
compensation fraud. As part of the study, the Commission shall consider:

(1)     workers' compensation fraud committed by employers, employees,
health care providers, and any other person or entity;

(2)     the cost associated with each type of identified fraud; and

(3)     methods of preventing, identifying, and deterring fraud.

In conducting the study, the Commission shall collaborate with representatives
of:

(1)     self-insured employers;

(2)     government group self-insurers;

(3)     property and casualty insurers;

(4)     labor; and

(5)     any other persons or organizations, as determined by the
Commission.

On or before December 31, 2004, the Commission shall report its findings and
recommendations for preventing, identifying, and deterring workers' compensation
fraud to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the
General Assembly.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October July 1, 2004.

Approved May 26, 2004.

CHAPTER 472
(Senate Bill 640)

AN ACT concerning

Natural Resources - Special Funds and Accounts - Administrative Costs

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to use money in
certain funds or accounts for certain administrative expenses based on a
generally accepted methodology for determining indirect costs; requiring the
Secretary to submit any changes to the indirect costs methodology for review
and comment to the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Budget
and Taxation Committee within a certain time period; providing for the
administrative costs of certain funds and accounts administered by the
Department of Natural Resources; making certain stylistic changes; and
generally relating to special funds and accounts administered by the
Department of Natural Resources.

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