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

Minority Business Enterprise Program, maximum personal net
worth threshold for participation in, raised .................................

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provisions repealed.........................................................................

Neighborhood Business Development Program, authority to
provide financial assistance to microenterprises, and funding
from Community Development Administration; authority of
Department of Housing and Community Development to sell
loans to finance microenterprise assistance, provisions added .

Procurement, statement of expected degree of minority business
enterprise participation in invitation for bids or request for
proposals, and identification of specific commitment of certified
minority business enterprises in response bid or proposal,
requirements added .......................................................................

Small Business Reserve Program, established; award of a
minimum percentage of procurement contracts to small
businesses, requirements added ...................................................

Wiley H. Bates High School Loan of 1997, deadline established for
encumbrance or expenditure of loan proceeds .............................

Small Claims - -

Appearance of limited liability company member or designated
employee in a district court small claim action on behalf of the
limited liability company, provisions added .................................

Smoking —

SEE ALSO Cigarettes; Tobacco

Escrow funds deposited by a tobacco product manufacturer that is
not a participant in the Master Settlement Agreement, basis of
amounts deposited and reversion of excess, provisions altered .

Tobacco studies and reports, provisions altered ..............................

Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program and Cancer
Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program,
evaluation of programs and report, deadlines extended .............

Tobacco use reduction, appropriation for .........................................

Snow Emergencies SEE Emergencies
Social Security —

Government identification documents that are fictitious and
fraudulent, possession, display, and use with fraudulent intent,
prohibited ........................................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

287	1069
179	698
386	1397
209	789
74	367
75	374
32	227
89	436
348	1274
430	1868
430	1892
429	1678
430	1869
288	1079