It is the policy of the Maryland Department of Health to determine the ability of recipients of services, responsible relatives, and other chargeable persons to pay for in-patient or in-residence services to individuals in State-operated facilities. These regulations shall govern the assessment of these charges unless specific charges are established by statutory enactment.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§16-201—16-407, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 1, 1976 (3:18 Md. R. 981)

Regulations .01—.03 amended effective May 5, 1986 (13:9 Md. R. 1028)

Regulation .02 amended effective June 27, 1988 (15:13 Md. R. 1553)

Regulation .02S amended effective June 28, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1019)

Regulation .03 amended effective June 27, 1988 (15:13 Md. R. 1553)

Regulation .03B amended effective October 15, 2001 (28:20 Md. R. 1782)

Regulation .03G amended effective June 28, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1019)

Regulation .04A amended effective October 15, 2001 (28:20 Md. R. 1782)

Regulation .04C amended as an emergency provision effective December 2, 1983 (10:26 Md. R. 2336); emergency status expired May 10, 1984 (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)

Regulation .04C amended as an emergency provision effective June 6, 1984 (11:13 Md. R. 1169); adopted permanently effective October 8, 1984 (11:20 Md. R. 1742)

Regulation .04C amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1048); March 23, 1987 (14:6 Md. R. 715); June 27, 1988 (15:13 Md. R. 1553); June 26, 1989 (16:12 Md. R. 1335); September 2, 1991 (18:17 Md. R. 1918); August 27, 2007 (34:17 Md. R. 1507)

Regulation .05 repealed effective May 5, 1986 (13:9 Md. R. 1028)

Annotation: COMAR 10.04.02.03 cited in State of Maryland Central Collection Unit v. Stewart, 292 Md. 255, 438 A.2d 1311 (1981)