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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.45.01.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="45" chapter_num="01" heading="Purpose.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The purpose of the Commission is, through community health resources, to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Increase access to health care services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Redirect nonemergency emergency room use to community health resources;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Develop coordinated, integrated systems of community-based care; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Assist patients in establishing a medical home with a community health resource.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A key objective of the Commission is to reduce health disparities in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>