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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0519* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 519 |
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| 8 | 8 | | J3 5lr1936 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Schindler, Acevero, Allen, Attar, Hill, Pasteur, Shetty, Solomon, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Vogel |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Health and Government Operations |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Public Health – Hospitals – Parking for Patients 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring hospitals in the State to offer parking at no cost for inpatients 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and outpatients; requiring hospitals in the State to display signage notifying 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | inpatients and outpatients of the availability of parking at no cost; and generally 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | relating to parking for patients at hospitals. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Health – General 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 19–308.12 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Health – General 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 19–308.12. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) (1) EACH HOSPITAL IN THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE P ARKING AT NO 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | COST TO: 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | |
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| 42 | 42 | | (I) EACH INPATIENT FOR THE DURATION OF THE INPATIENT’S 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ADMISSION; AND 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | |
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| 45 | 45 | | (II) EACH OUTPATIENT ATTENDING A SCHEDULED MEDICAL 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | APPOINTMENT FOR THE DURATION OF THE APPOINTMENT . 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 519 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES TO EACH PARKING 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | FACILITY OWNED, OPERATED, OR LEASED BY THE HOS PITAL AT WHICH THE 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | INPATIENT OR OUTPATI ENT IS RECEIVING SER VICES. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (B) EACH HOSPITAL SHALL D ISPLAY SIGNAGE AT EACH PUBLIC ENTRANCE 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | AND PARKING FACILIT Y INFORMING INPATIENTS AND OUTPATI ENTS OF THE 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | AVAILABILITY OF PARK ING AT NO COST. 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | October 1, 2025. 8 |
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