Podiatrists, health insurance reimbursement for services at same
rate as physician reimbursement for same services,
requirements added .......................................................................

Residential child care program administrators, certification
provisions added; State Board for Certification of Residential
Child Care Program Administrators, established........................

Respiratory Care Professional Standards Committee, termination
date extended and evaluation deadline altered ...........................

Restricted Class C noncommercial driver's license with lower
vision standards, termination date of provisions repealed .........

Skilled nursing assistants, categories, qualifications, and
certification, provisions added ......................................................

Tuition reduction programs for nonresident students in nursing
programs and Economic Development Student Assistance
Grants Program, promissory note to fulfill service obligation,
requirements altered......................................................................

Veterinary Medical Examiners, Board of, Fund established;
establishment and publication of fees and payment of fees into
Fund, provisions added..................................................................

William Donald Schaefer Scholarship Program -

Appropriation to .............................................................................

Established, and Advisory Council established ...........................

Health Planning and Cost Review —

Affordability of private health insurance, studies and reports by
the Maryland Insurance Administration and Health Care
Commission, required ....................................................................

Elderly and Retiree Migration Into and Out of Maryland, Task

Force to Study the Dynamics of, established; report required ...

Health Care Commission, appropriation to .....................................

Health Care Quality, Office of, appropriation to .............................

Health insurance 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 ...............................

Health Services Cost Review Commission, appropriation to .........

Limited Health Benefit Plan, establishment for the small group
health insurance market by the Maryland Health Care
Commission, provisions added ......................................................

Maryland Health Insurance Plan, authorized to be the alternative
to the standard coverage for eligible individuals under the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.....

Modified health benefit plan for medical savings accounts,
provisions repealed .........................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

459	2144
438	2027
247	924
142	620
270	988
80	403
245	920
429	1843
413	1492
93	442
94	445
525	2475
429	1699
	1805
429	1673
415	1498
429	1699
287	1069
60	307
386	1397