ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                           H.B. 351

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing

Chapter 701 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2001
Section 2

BY renumbering

Article - Health - General

Section 15-101(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively

to be Section 15-101(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 6.5-301(b) and 15-601(d)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 6.5-401 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4. Maryland Health Care
Trust"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 15-101(d) and 15-305; and 20-501 through 20-510 and
the subtitle "Subtitle 5. Maryland Health Care Foundation" of Article - Health -
General of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of Chapter
701 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2001 be repealed.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 15-101(e), (f),
(g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively, of Article - Health - General of the Annotated
Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 15-101(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j),
respectively.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - State Government

6.5-301.

(b) An acquisition is not in the public interest unless appropriate steps have
been taken to:

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