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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.24.06.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="24" chapter_num="06" heading="Collection and Reporting of Data.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A non-hospital health care facility shall submit accurate, timely, and complete data which the Commission considers to be necessary for planning and analysis purposes, as requested by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The information requested by the Commission may include, but is not limited to, the following types of information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Aggregate facility data as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Service configuration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Location;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Operational characteristics; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Utilization; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Patient-level data as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Demographic characteristics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Admission, discharge, and disposition data;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Diagnosis and treatment data; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Payment source and charges.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commission shall provide notice of the form, format, and schedule for data reporting by non-hospital health care facilities.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Failure to report the data required under this regulation may subject a non-hospital health care facility to penalties under COMAR 10.25.12.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The requirements of this chapter are in addition to any other obligation to report information to the Commission by law or as a condition on a certificate of need or other Commission approval.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Extension.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A non-hospital health care facility, by letter to the Executive Director of the Commission, may request an extension of its data submission date.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Executive Director of the Commission, for good cause shown, may grant an extension of a data submission date.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>