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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-2101" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2035 PER CHAPTER 386 OF 2024" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Maryland Community Health Resources Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Affordable Care Act” means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and any regulations adopted or guidance issued under the Acts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Community health resource” means a nonprofit or for profit health care center or program that offers the primary health care services required by the Commission under § 19–2109(a)(2) of this subtitle to an individual on a sliding scale fee schedule and without regard to an individual’s ability to pay.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Community health resource” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A federally qualified health center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A federally qualified health center “look–alike”;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A community health center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A migrant health center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A health care program for the homeless;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A primary care program for a public housing project;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A local nonprofit and community–owned health care program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>A school–based health center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>A teaching clinic;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>A wellmobile;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>A health center controlled operating network;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>A historic Maryland primary care provider;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>An outpatient behavioral health program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>Any other center or program identified by the Commission as a community health resource.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
