Md. Code Regs. 10.07.02.79 - Health Care Quality Account
A. The
Department shall establish a health care quality account in the
Department.
B. The health care
quality account shall be funded by civil money penalties paid by nursing
homes.
C. The Department shall use
funds from the health care quality account to improve the quality of care in
nursing facilities.
D. Expenditure
of funds may include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Funding for the establishment and
operation of a demonstration project;
(2) A grant award;
(3) Relocation of residents in crisis
situations;
(4) Provision of
educational programs to nursing facilities, the Office of Health Care Quality,
other government, professional, or advocacy agencies, and consumers;
and
(5) Any other purpose that will
directly improve quality of care.
E. Suggestions for the use of funds may be
submitted to the Department from:
(1) Members
of the public;
(2) Advocacy
organizations;
(3) Government
agencies;
(4) Professional
organizations including trade associations;
(5) Nursing homes; and
(6) Nursing home associations.
F. Decision on Expenditure of
Funds.
(1) The Department, in its sole
discretion, shall decide how to spend funds from the health care quality
account.
(2) The Department's
decision to spend funds or not to spend funds for a specific project or purpose
is not a contested case as defined in State Government Article, ยง
10-202(d),
Annotated Code of Maryland, and therefore is not subject to appeal.
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