# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 3. Hospitals and Related Institutions

#### Section 19-385

(a) This part may not be construed to:

  (1) Affect the rights of an agent to make health care decisions under Title 5, Subtitle 6 of this article; or

  (2) Create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or a duly authorized agent of a hospital, or otherwise supersede or replace existing rights or remedies under any other State or federal law.

(b) No federal or State:

  (1) Funds may be used for payment of a lay caregiver; and

  (2) Program funding may be impacted by this part.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)