Paternity adjudication, fee for processing, requirement repealed .
Pharmacy care management program for nursing home residents,
requirements added .......................................................................
Preferred drug list, development of single list for State employees'
prescription drug program and Medicaid, report required .........
Residential child care program administrators, certification
provisions added; State Board for Certification of Residential
Child Care Program Administrators, established........................
Respite care, provision in State residential centers or community
settings for families caring for developmentally disabled in the
home, appropriation requirements, contact information, and
study of demand for, provisions added .........................................
RESTART (Reentry Enforcement Services Targeting Addiction,
Rehabilitation, and Treatment) plan, report required;
appropriation for pilot program ....................................................
Sanction of HealthChoice managed care organizations with low
medical loss ratios, provisions added ...........................................
Specialty mental health services, exclusion from Medicaid
managed care program, legislative approval required for ending
exclusion and for contracting with a behavioral managed care
organization to provide specialty mental health services ...........
State mental retardation centers, assessment on facility income,
provisions added .............................................................................
Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program and Cancer
Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program,
evaluation of programs and report, deadlines extended .............
Walter P. Carter Center, proposed transfer to the University of
Maryland Medical System, report required .................................
Health Claims Arbitration SEE Medical Malpractice
Health Insurance —
Advance directives information sheet, development and
distribution to the public, requirements added ...........................
Adverse decision complaint or grievance, coverage, or appeal
decision complaints, carrier's burden of persuasion to prove
decision is correct at review conducted by administrative law
judge, provisions altered ................................................................
Affordability of private health insurance, studies and reports by
the Maryland Insurance Administration and Health Care
Commission, required ....................................................................
Benefits for beneficiaries of deceased retirees of the Maryland
Transit Administration retirement plan, provisions added ........
- 3534 -
INDEX
42
|
253
|
429
|
1694
|
429
|
1630
|
|
1692
|
438
|
2027
|
178
|
696
|
429
|
1719
|
429
|
1693
|
305
|
1135
|
430
|
1922
|
430
|
1892
|
303
|
1123
|
356
|
1296
|
415
|
1498
|
93
|
442
|
94
|
445
|
87
|
432
|
|