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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0489* | |
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| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 489 | |
| 11 | 8 | J3 3lr2428 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate R. Lewis | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2023 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Health and Government Operations | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 10, 2023 | |
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| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
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| 24 | 18 | Residential Service Agencies – Reimbursement – Personal Assistance Services 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee; and 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | generally relating to reimbursements to residential service agencies. 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | ||
| 31 | 25 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Article – Health – General 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Section 19–4A–10 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 11 | |
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| 37 | 31 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | ||
| 40 | 34 | Article – Health – General 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | 19–4A–10. 15 | |
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| 44 | 38 | (A) Except as provided by federal law, licensure under this subtitle does not 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | entitle a residential service agency to reimbursement by a third party payor. 17 | |
| 46 | - | 2 HOUSE BILL 489 | |
| 47 | 40 | ||
| 41 | + | (B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REIMBU RSE A RESIDENTIAL SE RVICE AGENCY 18 | |
| 42 | + | FOR PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE SERVICES ONLY IF THE PERSONAL ASSIST ANCE 19 | |
| 43 | + | SERVICES ARE PROVIDE D BY AN INDIVIDUAL C LASSIFIED AS AN EMPL OYEE. 20 | |
| 48 | 44 | ||
| 49 | - | (B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY REIMBU RSE A RESIDENTIAL SE RVICE AGENCY 1 | |
| 50 | - | FOR PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE SERVICES ONLY IF THE PERSONAL ASSISTA NCE 2 | |
| 51 | - | SERVICES ARE PROVIDE D BY AN INDIVIDUAL C LASSIFIED AS AN EMPL OYEE. 3 | |
| 45 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21 | |
| 46 | + | October 1, 2023. 22 | |
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| 53 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 4 | |
| 54 | - | October 1, 2023 2024. 5 | |
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| 60 | - | Approved: | |
| 61 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 62 | - | Governor. | |
| 63 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 64 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 65 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 66 | - | President of the Senate. |