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MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-731 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7 - Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 19-731 - Penalties -- Violation of 19-705 and 19-705.1 of This Subtitle

    (a)    If a person violates any provision of §§ 19-705 and 19-705.1 of this subtitle, the Secretary may:        (1)    Issue an administrative order that requires the health maintenance organization to:            (i)    Cease inappropriate conduct or practices by it or any of the personnel employed by or associated with it and comply with the standards established by the Department; or            (ii)    Provide any service required by §§ 19-705 and 19-705.1 of this subtitle that has been denied improperly;        (2)    Impose a penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $125,000 for each violation; or        (3)    Apply to any court for legal or equitable relief considered appropriate by the Secretary.    (b)    If the Secretary issues an order or imposes any penalty under this section, the Secretary immediately shall provide written notice of the order or penalty to the Commissioner.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-732 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7 - Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 19-732 - Appeal

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in Title 15, Subtitle 10A of the Insurance Article, a party aggrieved by a final action of the Commissioner under this subtitle has the right to a hearing and the right to appeal from the action of the Commissioner under §§ 2–210 through 2–215 of the Insurance Article.    (b)    A party aggrieved by an order of the Secretary under this subtitle may petition for judicial review as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-734 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7 - Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 19-734 - Short Title

    This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Health Maintenance Organization Act”.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-735 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7 - Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 19-735 - Foreign Health Maintenance Organization Transferring Domicile to This State

    (a)    Any foreign health maintenance organization with a certificate of authority to operate a health maintenance organization in this State may become a domestic health maintenance organization of this State by complying with all of the requirements of the law relating to the formation and organization of a domestic health maintenance organization and by designating its principal place of business at a place in this State. On becoming a domestic health maintenance organization, the health maintenance organization shall be entitled to certificates and licenses to transact business in this State issued to domestic health maintenance organizations, and shall be given recognition in all respects as a health maintenance organization formed under the laws of this State as of the date of authorization as a health maintenance organization in its original domiciliary state, district, territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, and shall be subject to the authority and jurisdiction of this State.    (b)    (1)    The certificate of authority, insurance producers’ appointments, rates, and other forms which the Commissioner allows which are in existence at the time any foreign health maintenance organization with a certificate of authority to operate a health maintenance organization in this State transfers its corporate domicile to this State or to any other state by merger, consolidation, or any other lawful method shall continue in full force and effect on transfer if the health maintenance organization at all times retains a certificate of authority in this State.        (2)    All outstanding subscriber contracts of a transferring health maintenance organization shall remain in full force and effect and need not be endorsed as to the new name of the health maintenance organization or its new domiciliary and location unless so ordered by the Commissioner.        (3)    A transferring health maintenance organization may file new contract forms with the Commissioner on or before the effective date of the transfer, or may use any existing contract form previously filed with the Commissioner with appropriate endorsements if allowed by and under such conditions as approved by the Commissioner.        (4)    A foreign health maintenance organization transferring its domicile to another state shall notify the Commissioner of the details of the proposed transfer, and shall file promptly any resulting amendments to corporate documents and other items on file with the Commissioner.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-7A-01 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7A - Provider-Sponsored Organizations|Section 19-7A-01 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Commissioner” means the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.    (c)    “Health care services” means a health or medical care procedure or service rendered by a health care provider that:        (1)    Provides testing, diagnosis, or treatment of a human disease or dysfunction; or        (2)    Dispenses drugs, medical devices, medical appliances, or medical goods for the treatment of a human disease or dysfunction.    (d)    “License” includes a certificate of authority, as defined in § 1-101 of the Insurance Article.    (e)    “Provider” means any person, including a physician or hospital, that is licensed or otherwise authorized in this State to provide health care services.    (f)    “Provider-sponsored organization” means an entity that:        (1)    Is a legal aggregation of providers operating collectively for the purpose of providing health care services to Medicare beneficiaries under the federal Medicare+Choice Program;        (2)    Acts through a licensed entity, such as a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or sole proprietorship, that has authority over the entity’s activities and responsibility for satisfying the requirements of § 19-7A-02 of this subtitle; and        (3)    Provides a substantial proportion of the health care services required to be provided under the federal Medicare+Choice Program directly through providers or affiliated groups of providers.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-7A-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7A - Provider-Sponsored Organizations|Section 19-7A-02 - Recipients and Providers of Services

    (a)    A license issued to a provider-sponsored organization under this subtitle authorizes the licensee to provide health care services only to Medicare beneficiaries under the federal Medicare+Choice Program.    (b)    Nothing in this subtitle may be construed to limit a provider-sponsored organization from participating in the Medicaid program as a managed care organization.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-7A-03 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7A - Provider-Sponsored Organizations|Section 19-7A-03 - Licenses and Requirements for Providing Services

    (a)    (1)    Before an entity may operate as a provider-sponsored organization under the federal Medicare+Choice Program, the entity must obtain a license from the Commissioner.        (2)    The Commissioner shall issue a license under paragraph (1) of this subsection to any entity to operate as a provider-sponsored organization that meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.    (b)    To operate as a provider-sponsored organization under the federal Medicare+Choice Program in this State, an entity shall:        (1)    Meet the definition of a provider-sponsored organization under § 19-7A-01 of this subtitle; and        (2)    Meet the requirements applicable to a health maintenance organization under Subtitle 7 of this title to the extent those requirements are not preempted by federal law.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-7A-04 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7A - Provider-Sponsored Organizations|Section 19-7A-04 - Regulations

    (a)    The Commissioner shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this subtitle.    (b)    Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, regulations relating to the solvency of a provider-sponsored organization adopted under subsection (a) of this section shall impose solvency requirements the same as required under federal law.    (c)    Upon the expiration, repeal, or termination of solvency requirements under federal law for provider-sponsored organizations, the requirements of § 19-710(d) of this title shall apply.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 8 - Problem Gamblers|Section 19-801 - "Problem Gambler" Defined

    In this subtitle, “problem gambler” means an individual:        (1)    Who is preoccupied chronically and progressively with gambling and the urge to gamble; and        (2)    Whose gambling behavior compromises, disrupts, or damages the individual’s personal, family, or vocational pursuits.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 8 - Problem Gamblers|Section 19-802 - Findings

    The General Assembly finds that:        (1)    Problem gambling is a serious social problem;        (2)    There is evidence that the availability of gambling increases the risk of becoming a problem gambler; and        (3)    This State, with its extensive legalized gambling, has an obligation to provide a program of treatment for problem gamblers.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 8 - Problem Gamblers|Section 19-803 - Pilot Center

    The Secretary shall establish a network of clinically appropriate services to problem gamblers throughout the State.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-804 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 8 - Problem Gamblers|Section 19-804 - Grants and Aid; Prevalence Studies

    (a)    (1)    The Secretary shall make grants from or agreements for the use of State funds, including the funds provided under § 9–1A–33 of the State Government Article, and federal funds to help public agencies or nonprofit organizations operate the network of clinically appropriate services for problem gamblers who reside in the State to provide the following:            (i)    Inpatient and residential services;            (ii)    Outpatient services;            (iii)    Intensive outpatient services;            (iv)    Continuing care services;            (v)    Educational services;            (vi)    Services for victims of domestic violence; and            (vii)    Other preventive or rehabilitative services or treatment.        (2)    Research and training that are designed to improve or extend these services are proper items of expense.    (b)    The Secretary shall conduct a prevalence study and replication prevalence studies to measure the rate of problem and pathological gambling in the State.    (c)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall contract with an independent researcher to conduct the prevalence studies.        (2)    The Secretary shall utilize the most current psychiatric or diagnostic criteria for problem and pathological gambling as the basis for the prevalence studies.    (d)    The initial prevalence study shall be completed on or before July 1, 2009.    (e)    Replication prevalence studies shall be conducted no less than every 5 years with measures taken to permit comparisons between the initial prevalence study and subsequent replication prevalence studies.    (f)    Services under this subtitle shall be provided by public agencies or, under contract, by nonprofit organizations.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-901 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “General hospice care program” means a coordinated, interdisciplinary program of hospice care services for meeting the special physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs of dying individuals and their families, by providing palliative and supportive medical, nursing, and other health services through home or inpatient care during the illness and bereavement:        (1)    To individuals who have no reasonable prospect of cure as estimated by a physician; and        (2)    To the families of those individuals.    (c)    “General license” means a license issued by the Secretary to operate a general hospice care program.    (d)    “Home–based hospice care program” means a program that directly or through a contractual arrangement provides a hospice care program in the residence of the patient.    (e)    “Hospice facility” means a facility that:        (1)    Provides a hospice care program;        (2)    Is separate from any other facility; and        (3)    Admits at least 2 individuals who:            (i)    Are unrelated; and            (ii)    Have no reasonable prospect of a cure.    (f)    “Limited hospice care program” means a coordinated, interdisciplinary program of hospice care services for meeting the special physical, psychological, spiritual, and social needs of dying individuals and their families, by providing palliative and supportive nonskilled services through a home–based hospice care program during illness and bereavement:        (1)    To individuals who have no reasonable prospect of cure as estimated by a physician; and        (2)    To the families of those individuals.    (g)    “Limited license” means a license issued by the Secretary to operate a limited hospice care program.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-902 - Statement of Purpose

    The purposes of this subtitle are:         (1)    To simplify and clarify the laws that govern the use of a hospice care program by individuals who want a supportive environment;        (2)    To encourage the establishment of hospice care programs; and        (3)    To ensure the quality of these hospice care programs.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-903 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-903 - Regulations

    (a)    (1)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.        (2)    The regulations for general hospice care programs shall set standards for general hospice care programs that are comparable to the standards established by the National Hospice Organization.        (3)    The Secretary, by regulation, after consultation with interested groups, including The Hospice Network of Maryland, Inc., shall establish standards for the operation of a hospice care program.    (b)    (1)    The regulations shall set qualifications for medical directors of hospices. A medical director of a hospice care program need not be an employee or a contractee of a hospice care program.        (2)    The regulations for a hospice facility shall require:            (i)    The medical director to be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State;            (ii)    The dietary, nursing, pastoral care, pharmaceutical, and social worker services to be adequate; and            (iii)    A physician other than an attending physician to be on call and available at all times.        (3)    The regulations for a home-based hospice care program shall require:            (i)    The medical director to be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this State;            (ii)    The provision of bereavement services;            (iii)    The provision of services to meet the spiritual or social needs of dying individuals and their families;            (iv)    The provision of palliative and supportive medical, nursing, and other health services:                1.    Directly or by contract for a general licensee; or                2.    By referral only for a limited licensee;            (v)    Submission of an annual report which includes service utilization statistics in the format prescribed;            (vi)    Written transfer agreements to provide acute inpatient care as needed; and            (vii)    Minimum standards concerning the training and role of volunteers in a hospice care program.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-904 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-904 - Standards for Construction and Safety

    (a)    A building that contains a hospice facility shall:        (1)    Be constructed soundly; and        (2)    Meet the standards for construction and safety that the county or municipality imposes on a single-family residence.    (b)    A building that contains a hospice facility may not be required to comply with health and safety standards for an institution.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-905 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-905 - License Required

    (a)    A person shall be licensed by the Secretary before a person may operate a hospice care program.    (b)    A home health agency, hospital, related institution, or other licensed facility that operates a hospice care program that is distinct from the other services that the home health agency or facility offers shall be licensed by the Secretary as a hospice care program before the home health agency or facility may operate that hospice care program.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-906 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-906 - Qualifications for License

    (a)    To qualify for a license, an applicant and the hospice care program and its medical director shall meet the requirements of this section.    (b)    An applicant who is an individual, and any individual who is applying on behalf of a corporation, association, or government agency shall be:        (1)    At least 18 years old; and        (2)    Of reputable and responsible character.    (c)    (1)    Except for a limited licensee, the applicant shall have a certificate of need, as required under Subtitle 1 of this title, for the hospice care program to be operated.        (2)    The Secretary, in consultation with the Maryland Health Care Commission, shall specify those jurisdictions in which a general hospice is authorized to provide home-based hospice services.        (3)    A general hospice may not be licensed to provide home-based hospice services in a jurisdiction unless the general hospice or an entity acquired by the general hospice provided home-based hospice services to a patient in the jurisdiction during the 12-month period ending December 31, 2001.        (4)    Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection:            (i)    A general hospice may provide home-based hospice services to a specific patient outside of the jurisdictions in which the hospice is licensed if the Maryland Health Care Commission approves the service provision; and            (ii)    A general hospice that is a hospital-based hospice or that had an affiliation agreement before April 5, 2003 with a health care facility or health care system may serve patients immediately upon discharge from the hospital, health care facility, or health care system, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the patient resides.        (5)    Upon the notification by the Maryland Health Care Commission of the issuance of a certificate of need to a general hospice, the Secretary shall append to the general hospice license any additional jurisdictions in which the general hospice may provide home-based hospice services.        (6)    The hospice care program to be operated and its medical director shall meet the requirements that the Secretary adopts under this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-907 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-907 - Applications for Licenses

    (a)    An applicant for a license shall submit an application to the Secretary.    (b)    The application:        (1)    Shall be on the form that the Secretary requires;        (2)    Shall be signed and verified by the individual; and        (3)    Shall include:            (i)    The name of the applicant;            (ii)    A statement that the applicant meets the requirements of this subtitle;            (iii)    The location of the proposed hospice;            (iv)    The name of the individual who is to be the medical director of the hospice care program; and            (v)    Any other information that the Secretary requires.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-908 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-908 - Issuance of License

    The Secretary shall issue a license to any applicant if the applicant and the hospice care program and its medical director meet the requirements of this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-909 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-909 - Scope of Licenses

    (a)    While it is effective, a general license authorizes the general licensee to operate a general hospice care program.    (b)    (1)    While it is effective, a limited license authorizes the limited licensee to operate a limited hospice care program.        (2)    A limited licensee may not provide any medical, nursing, or other health services directly or through a contractual arrangement.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-911 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-911 - Denials and Revocation

    (a)    The Secretary shall deny a license to any applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee has been convicted of a felony that relates to Medicaid or to a nursing home.    (b)    The Secretary may deny a license to an applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee does not meet the requirements of this subtitle or any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under this subtitle.    (c)    (1)    In addition to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Secretary may, for a violation of any provision of this subtitle or any regulation adopted under this subtitle, impose an administrative penalty of up to:            (i)    $500 for a first violation; and            (ii)    $1,000 for a subsequent, repeated violation.        (2)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations to provide standards for the imposition of an administrative penalty under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-912 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-912 - Operating Without License

    A person may not operate a hospice care program unless licensed by the Secretary.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-913 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 9 - Hospice Care Facilities|Section 19-913 - Admission Restriction

    A hospice facility may not admit an individual unless a physician estimates that the individual has no reasonable prospect of cure.