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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.25.10.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="25" chapter_num="10" heading="Fund Administration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing interest bearing fund that is not subject to State Finance and Procurement Article, §7-302, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to subsidize the documented costs:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Of uncompensated care incurred by a trauma physician or trauma health care practitioner in providing trauma services to a trauma patient on the Maryland Trauma Registry;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Of undercompensated care incurred by a trauma physician or trauma health care practitioner in providing trauma services to an enrollee of the Medicaid Program who is a trauma patient on the Maryland Trauma Registry;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Incurred by a trauma center to maintain trauma physicians on-call as required by MIEMSS;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Incurred by a trauma center to maintain patient education, equipment, services, systems, and training as required by MIEMSS, for trauma-related care and not otherwise reimbursed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Incurred by the Commission to administer the Fund and audit reimbursement requests and trauma grants to assure appropriate payments are made from the Fund.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Administering Agencies. The Commission shall administer the disbursements from the Fund.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Interest. The interest on the Fund shall be accounted for separately and credited to the Fund, and is not subject to State Finance and Procurement Article, §6-226(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>