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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-1601" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Anatomical gift” means the donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor’s death for the purpose of transplantation or transfusion.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Auxiliary aids and services” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Qualified interpreters or other effective methods of making aurally delivered materials available to individuals with hearing impairments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Qualified readers, taped texts, texts in accessible electronic format, or other effective methods of making visually delivered materials available to individuals with visual impairments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Supported decision–making services, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The use of a support individual to assist in making medical decisions, communicating information to the individual, or ascertaining an individual’s wishes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The provision of information to a person designated by the individual consistent with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and other applicable laws and regulations governing the disclosure of health information; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If an individual has a court–appointed guardian or other individual responsible for making medical decisions on behalf of the individual, any measures used to ensure that the  individual is included in decisions involving the individual’s health care and that medical decisions are in accordance with the individual’s own expressed interests; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any other aid or service that is used to provide information in a format that is easily understandable and accessible to individuals with cognitive, neurological, developmental, or intellectual disabilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Covered entity” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed health care provider;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A health care facility as defined in § 19–114 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A laboratory;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A State psychiatric hospital;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A State residential center as defined in § 7–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An alternative living unit as defined in § 7–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A group home as defined in § 7–101 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>An institutional medical unit in a correctional facility; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Any entity responsible for potential recipients of the anatomical gift.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Disability” has the meaning stated in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Organ transplant” means the transplantation or transfusion of a part of a human body into the body of another individual for the purpose of treating or curing a medical condition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Qualified individual” means an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has a disability; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets the essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of an anatomical gift, with or without:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The support networks available to the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The provision of auxiliary aids and services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Reasonable modifications to the policies or practices of a covered entity, including modifications to allow:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Communication with individuals responsible for supporting the individual with postsurgical and posttransplantation care, including medication; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The consideration of support networks available to the individual, including family, friends, and home– and community–based services funded through the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Medicare, or another health plan in which the individual is enrolled, or any program or source of funding available to the individual, in determining whether the individual is able to comply with posttransplantation medical requirements.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
