Maryland Statutes
Title 19 - Health Care Facilities
Subtitle 2 - Health Services Cost Review Commission

Part I - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 19-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 19-202 - Commission Established - There is a State Health Services Cost Review Commission. The...

Section 19-203 - Membership - (a) (1) The Commission consists of 7 members appointed by...

Section 19-204 - Officers - Annually, from among the members of the Commission: (1) The...

Section 19-205 - Executive Director - (a) With the approval of the Governor, the Commission shall...

Section 19-206 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation; Staff - (a) A majority of the full authorized membership of the...

Section 19-207 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties - (a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in...

Section 19-208 - Limitations on Secretary - (a) The power of the Secretary over plans, proposals, and...

Section 19-210 - Maternal and Child Health Population Health Improvement Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Maternal and Child...

Part II - Health Care Facility Rate Setting

Section 19-211 - Jurisdiction of Commission - (a) (1) Except for a facility that is operated or...

Section 19-212 - Financial Status - The Commission shall: (1) Require each facility to disclose publicly:...

Section 19-213 - User Fees - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 19-214 - Hospital Uncompensated Care and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment - (a) The Commission shall assess the underlying causes of hospital...

Section 19-214.1 - Financial Assistance Policy - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 19-214.2 - Debt Collection Policy - (a) (1) Each hospital annually shall submit to the Commission:...

Section 19-214.3 - Violations of 19-214.1 or 19-214.2 - (a) (1) (i) The Commission shall establish a process for...

Section 19-215 - Uniform Accounting and Financial Reporting System - (a) (1) After public hearings and consultation with any appropriate...

Section 19-216 - Required Reports of Facilities - (a) At the end of the fiscal year for a...

Section 19-217 - Notification of Certain Financial Transactions, Contracts or Agreements Required - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 19-218 - Additional Information - (a) The Commission shall require each facility to give the...

Section 19-219 - Review and Approval of Costs, Rates, Quality, and Efficiency; Investigations - (a) The Commission may review the costs, and rates, quality,...

Section 19-220 - Rate Review and Approval Procedures - (a) (1) To have the statistical information needed for rate...

Section 19-221 - Accounting Principles for Rate Determinations - The Commission shall use any reasonable, relevant, or generally accepted...

Section 19-222 - Change of Rate Structures or Charges - (a) (1) A facility may not change any rate schedule...

Section 19-223 - Fee for Closed or Delicensed Hospitals - The Commission shall assess a fee on all hospitals whose...

Section 19-224 - Report of Transactions With Nonprofit Facility by Trustee, Director, or Officer - (a) This section applies to each person that is concurrently:...

Section 19-225 - Hearings and Investigations - (a) In any matter that relates to a facility’s cost...

Section 19-226 - Further Investigations - (a) If the Commission considers a further investigation necessary or...

Section 19-227 - Appeals - (a) (1) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of...