# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 25 — Maryland Health Care Commission

### Chapter 06 — Maryland Medical Care Data Base and Data Collection

#### Regulation .05 Time Period for Submitting Data Reports.

*COMAR 10.25.06.05*

A. Unless a different reporting time period is specified in the MCDB Submission Manual pursuant to §B of this regulation, each reporting entity shall submit to the Commission a complete set of the entity’s data for claims paid during each quarter of a calendar year in the form and manner described in Regulations .07—.14 of this chapter within 2 months of the last day in the applicable quarter.

B. Each reporting entity shall submit at least quarterly to the Commission a complete set of the reporting entity’s data for claims paid during the specific time period in the form and manner described in Regulations .07—.14 of this chapter and within the time period specified in the MCDB Submission Manual, unless a more frequent submission schedule is instituted by the Commission pursuant to §C of this regulation.

C. Before instituting a requirement that a reporting entity submit data for claims paid more frequently than quarterly, as required in §§A and B of this regulation, the Commission shall:

  (1) Establish a multi-stakeholder group consisting of representatives of reporting entities, involved State agencies, and other stakeholders, as appropriate, to discuss the benefits and costs of expanding data collection; and

  (2) Include a transition period for reporting entities to adjust to the new data submission schedule and process.