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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-349.1" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A hospital shall provide oral and written notice to a patient of the patient’s outpatient status, the billing implications of the outpatient status, and the impact of the outpatient status on the patient’s eligibility for Medicare rehabilitation services if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The patient receives on–site services from the hospital for more than 23 consecutive hours;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The on–site services received by the patient include a hospital bed and meals that have been provided in an area of the hospital other than the emergency room; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The patient is classified as an outpatient at the hospital for observation rather than an admitted inpatient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department, in consultation with hospitals in the State, shall adopt by regulation standardized elements to be included in the written notice required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
