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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-211" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Health Services Cost Review Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for a facility that is operated or is listed and certified by the First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts, the Commission has jurisdiction over hospital services offered by or through all facilities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The jurisdiction of the Commission over any identified physician service shall terminate for a facility on the request of the facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The rate approved for an identified physician service may not exceed the rate on June 30, 1985, adjusted by an appropriate index of inflation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may not set rates for related institutions until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>State law authorizes the State Medical Assistance Program to reimburse related institutions at Commission rates; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The United States Department of Health and Human Services agrees to accept Commission rates as a method of providing federal financial participation in the State Medical Assistance Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commission shall set rates for hospital services provided at:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A freestanding medical facility pilot project authorized under Subtitle 3A of this title prior to January 1, 2008; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A freestanding medical facility licensed under Subtitle 3A of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
