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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.45.01.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="45" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Applicant” means a person that submits to the Commission, within the time period specified by the Commission:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A letter of intent to submit a grant application under this subtitle; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A grant application under this subtitle.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Application” means a document:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Prepared by an applicant in response to the Commission's call for proposals; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>That includes the elements specified in COMAR 10.45.06.03.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Call for proposals” means a document issued by the Commission that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Invites members of the public to develop and submit proposals for projects and programs for which grant funding under this subtitle is sought;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Specifies the required content of a grant application and proposal; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Identifies selection criteria and funding priorities to be applied by the Commission in determining which proposals will be funded.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Commissioner” means a member of the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Community health center” means a community-based health center that serves underserved populations and is grant-funded under §330(e) of the Public Health Service Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Community health resource” means a person determined by the Commission to satisfy the criteria set forth in COMAR 10.45.05.02, .03, or .04.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) licensee” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.22.01.01B(36).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Federal poverty guidelines” means the poverty measure that is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Issued annually in the Federal Register by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Used to determine eligibility for government programs.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Federally qualified health center” has the meaning stated in Health-General Article, §24-1301(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Federally qualified health center 'look-alike'” means a community-based health center that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is authorized under §1905(l)(2)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Meets the eligibility requirements for a grant under §330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), but is not a grantee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Fiscal year (FY)” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.62.01B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Health care program for the homeless” means a community-based health center that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Serves homeless adults and children; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is grant-funded under §330(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(h)).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Health center controlled operating network” means an entity funded or otherwise charged by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop, operate, or enhance safety net provider networks so as to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Improve health care access for the medically underserved;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Develop and operate safety net provider networks; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Increase health centers' efficiency, revenue, and overall productivity.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Historic Maryland primary care provider” means a person that provided primary care services through the Maryland PrimaryCare Program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Local health department” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.40.01.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Local nonprofit and community-owned health care program” means a collaboration of local public or private nonprofit health care programs, or both, to provide or coordinate free or reduced-cost health care services for low-income or uninsured individuals, such as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>County community action agencies established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Partnerships of public or private nonprofit health care providers or programs providing case management or other care coordination services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Private nonprofit programs that provide administrative, support, and coordination services to facilitate the provision of primary and specialty care services by volunteer practitioners; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Community outreach programs sponsored by a local health department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>“Maryland PrimaryCare Program” means the State-funded initiative, governed by COMAR 10.51.01 — .11, providing office-based primary care to qualifying low-income adults.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>“Migrant health center” means a community-based health center that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is grant-funded under §330(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(g)); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Serves migratory and seasonal farm workers and their families in the State.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>“Outpatient mental health clinic” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.21.17.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>“Person” has the meaning stated in Health-General Article, §1-101(h), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(23)">
      <text>“Practitioner” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.62.01B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(24)">
      <text>“Presiding officer” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The chair of the Commission; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the chair's absence, the chair's designee.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(25)">
      <text>“Primary care program for a public housing project” means a community-based health center that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Provides comprehensive primary care services to public housing residents; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is grant-funded under §330(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(i)).</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(26)">
      <text>“Provider” has the same meaning as “health care provider”, as stated in Health-General Article, §19-132, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(27)">
      <text>“School-based health center” means a provider located on school grounds that the Secretary has designated a school-based health center as specified in COMAR 10.09.68.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(28)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Health.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(29)">
      <text>“State” means the State of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(30)">
      <text>“Substance abuse treatment provider” means a provider of substance abuse treatment services that is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Located in the State; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Certified in accordance with Health-General Article, §8-404, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(31)">
      <text>“Teaching clinic” means a provider in the State that is staffed in part by practitioners participating in accredited clinical training programs for health professionals, including, but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Physicians;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Nurses; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Dentists.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(32)">
      <text>“Wellmobile” means a mobile health clinic in the Governor's Wellmobile Program, established under the Health-General Article, §§13-1301 — 13-1303, Annotated Code of Maryland, within the University of Maryland School of Nursing, that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Delivers primary and preventive health care services to geographically underserved communities and uninsured individuals in the State; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Provides principal training sites for the University of Maryland School of Nursing to expand student learning opportunities.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>