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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-2403" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2027 PER CHAPTER 844 OF 2024" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission">
  <text>The Commission shall develop strategies and initiatives to recommend to State and local agencies, hospitals, and health care providers to reduce emergency department wait times, including:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Initiatives that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Ensure that patients are seen in the most appropriate setting to reduce unnecessary use of emergency departments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Improve hospital efficiency, including by increasing emergency department and inpatient throughput; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Improve postdischarge resources to facilitate timely emergency department and inpatient discharges;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>By identifying and recommending improvements for the collection and submission of data that is necessary to monitor and reduce emergency department wait times;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>By making recommendations to State and local agencies, hospitals, and health care providers; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>By facilitating the sharing of best practices for reducing emergency department wait times.</text>
  </level>
</section>
