Section 13-1205 – Access to Medical Records
(a) A health care provider or health care facility, as defined under Title 19, Subtitles 3, 3A, and 3B of this article, shall provide the Maternal Mortality Review Program reasonable access to all relevant medical records associated with a case under review by the Maternal Mortality Review Program. (b) The provisions of Title 4, Subtitle 3 of […]
Section 13-1106 – Statewide Public Health Component
(a) There is a Statewide Public Health Component in the Program. (b) The purpose of the Statewide Public Health Component is to maximize the effectiveness of the anti-cancer initiatives in the State by authorizing the Department to take steps to ensure that the Program is implemented in a coordinated and integrated manner throughout the State. (c) Subject to […]
Section 13-1206 – Health Care Provider and Health Care Facility Report
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article, if a patient of a health care provider or a health care facility dies of a maternal death and the health care provider or the health care facility has knowledge of the circumstances of the death, the health care provider or the health care […]
Section 13-1107 – Local Public Health Component
(a) There is a Local Public Health Component in the Program. (b) The purpose of the Local Public Health Component is to maximize the effectiveness of anti–cancer initiatives in the State by empowering local health coalitions to develop and implement cancer prevention, education, screening, and treatment programs in coordination with the Department. (c) Subject to §§ 13–1108 through […]
Section 13-1207 – Local Team
(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, there may be a multidisciplinary and multiagency maternal mortality review team in each county. (2) (i) Two or more counties may agree to establish a single multicounty local team. (ii) A multicounty local team shall execute a memorandum of understanding on membership, staffing, and operation. (b) If a local team is established […]
Section 13-1108 – Local Public Health Cancer Grant — County Goals; Formula
(a) After the Baseline Cancer Study has been completed and before soliciting applications for Local Public Health Cancer Grants, the Department, in consultation with local health departments, shall: (1) Establish short-term and long-term cancer prevention, education, screening, and treatment goals for each county; (2) Establish other requirements for each county that the Department determines to be necessary to […]
Section 13-1208 – Local Team — Purpose; Duties
(a) The purpose of a local team is to prevent maternal deaths by: (1) Promoting cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in preventing and responding to maternal deaths or in providing services to surviving family members; (2) Developing an understanding of the causes and incidence of maternal deaths in the county; (3) Developing plans for and recommending changes within […]
Section 13-1109 – Local Public Health Cancer Grant — Application; Comprehensive Plan for Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment
(a) Except as provided in § 13–1115(f) of this subtitle, this section does not apply to Baltimore City. (b) (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a local health officer may apply to the Department for a Local Public Health Cancer Grant. (2) The amount of a Local Public Health Cancer Grant shall be determined by the […]
Section 13-1110 – Local Public Health Cancer Grant — Joint Applications
(a) The local health officers of two or more counties may join together as a region to apply for a Local Public Health Cancer Grant. (b) The Department may require that two or more counties join together as a region to apply for a Local Public Health Cancer Grant if the Department determines that: (1) It would be […]
Section 13-1111 – Local Public Health Cancer Grant — Community Health Coalition
(a) (1) The membership of a Community Health Coalition established under § 13-1109(c) of this subtitle shall: (i) Reflect the demographics of the county; and (ii) Include representatives of community-based groups, including minority, rural, and medically underserved populations, that, taken together, are familiar with all of the different communities and cultures in the county. (2) (i) In addition to the requirements […]