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HOUSE BILL 1134
J3 4lr2003
CF SB 403
By: Delegates Bagnall and Lopez
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2024
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 1, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Hospitals and Related Institutions – Residential Treatment Centers – 2
Accreditation 3
FOR the purpose of altering the definition of “accredited residential treatment center” for 4
certain provisions of law governing hospitals and related institutions to include 5
residential treatment centers accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of 6
Rehabilitation Facilities or the Council on Accreditation; and generally relating to 7
residential treatment centers. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – Health – General 10
Section 19–301(a) and (b) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2023 Replacement Volume) 13
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Health – General 15
Section 19–301(c) and (j) and 19–360(a) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2023 Replacement Volume) 18
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
Article – Health – General 21 2 HOUSE BILL 1134
19–301. 1
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 2
(b) “Accredited hospital” means a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on 3
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. 4
(c) “Accredited residential treatment center” means a residential treatment 5
center that is accredited by [the]: 6
(1) THE Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; 7
(2) THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION 8
FACILITIES; OR 9
(3) THE COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION . 10
(j) “Nonaccredited residential treatment center” means a residential treatment 11
center that is not accredited by [the]: 12
(1) THE Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; 13
(2) THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION 14
FACILITIES; OR 15
(3) THE COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION . 16
19–360. 17
(a) This section applies to: 18
(1) Nonaccredited hospitals found in violation of the standards adopted 19
under this subtitle; 20
(2) Accredited hospitals: 21
(i) Found deficient as a result of the complaint review process; or 22
(ii) Subject to inspection by the Department under § 19–2302(e) of 23
this title as a result of a serious or life–threatening patient care deficiency identified by the 24
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Centers for Medicare 25
and Medicaid Services, or the Department; 26
(3) Accredited residential treatment centers subject to inspection by the 27
Department under § 19–2302(e) of this title as a result of a serious or life–threatening 28 HOUSE BILL 1134 3
patient care deficiency identified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare 1
Organizations, THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION 2
FACILITIES, THE COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION , the Centers for Medicare and 3
Medicaid Services, or the Department; and 4
(4) Health care facilities that fail to achieve substantial compliance with 5
the standards of an approved accreditation organization under § 19–2302(c)(2) of this title. 6
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7
October 1, 2024. 8
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.