2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 19-201 - Definitions

§19-201.

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

(b) “Commission” means the State Health Services Cost Review Commission.

(c) “Facility” means, whether operated for a profit or not:

(1) Any hospital; or

(2) Any related institution.

(d) (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) (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.