# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 45 — Maryland Community Health Resources Commission

### Chapter 01 — Purpose and Definitions

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 10.45.01.01*

A. The purpose of the Commission is, through community health resources, to:

  (1) Increase access to health care services;

  (2) Redirect nonemergency emergency room use to community health resources;

  (3) Develop coordinated, integrated systems of community-based care; and

  (4) Assist patients in establishing a medical home with a community health resource.

B. A key objective of the Commission is to reduce health disparities in the State.