Section 19-201 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 19-201. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Commission.- "Commission" means the State Health Services Cost Review Commission. 

(c)  Facility.- "Facility" means, whether operated for a profit or not: 

(1) Any hospital; or 

(2) Any related institution. 

(d)  Hospital services.-  

(1) "Hospital services" means: 

(i) Inpatient hospital services as enumerated in Medicare Regulation 42 C.F.R. § 409.10, as amended; 

(ii) Emergency services, including services provided at: 

1. Freestanding medical facility pilot projects authorized under Subtitle 3A of this title prior to January 1, 2008; and 

2. A freestanding medical facility issued a certificate of need by the Maryland Health Care Commission after July 1, 2015; 

(iii) Outpatient services provided at the hospital; and 

(iv) Identified physician services for which a facility has Commission-approved rates on June 30, 1985. 

(2) "Hospital services" does not include: 

(i) Outpatient renal dialysis services; or 

(ii) Outpatient services provided at a limited service hospital as defined in § 19-301 of this title, except for emergency services. 

(e)  Related institution.-  

(1) "Related institution" means an institution that is licensed by the Department as: 

(i) A comprehensive care facility that is currently regulated by the Commission; or 

(ii) An intermediate care facility-intellectual disability. 

(2) "Related institution" includes any institution in paragraph (1) of this subsection, as reclassified from time to time by law. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, §§ 568H, 568-I; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1984, ch. 370; 1985, ch. 10, § 3; ch. 112; 1999, ch. 678; ch. 702, § 2; 2003, ch. 349; 2009, ch. 119; 2010, chs. 505, 506.]