# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 20. Miscellaneous Health Provisions

### Subtitle 22. Consumer Health Information

#### Section 20-2201

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Hub" means the Consumer Health Information Hub.

(c) "Plain language" means language that is clear, concise, well-organized, and complies with other best practices appropriate to the subject or field and intended audience.

(d)

  (1) "Public communication" means a document that:

    (i) Is necessary for obtaining a government benefit or service;

    (ii) Provides information about a government benefit or service; or

    (iii) Explains to the public how to comply with a requirement that the government administers or enforces.

  (2) "Public communication" includes a letter, a publication, a form, a notice, or an instruction.

  (3) "Public communication" does not include a regulation.

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