Md. Code Regs. 10.45.01.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 10.45.01.02 - Definitions

A. In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Applicant" means a person that submits to the Commission, within the time period specified by the Commission:

(a) A letter of intent to submit a grant application under this subtitle; or

(b) A grant application under this subtitle.

(2) "Application" means a document:

(a) Prepared by an applicant in response to the Commission's call for proposals; and

(b) That includes the elements specified in COMAR 10.45.06.03A.

(3) "Call for proposals" means a document issued by the Commission that:

(a) Invites members of the public to develop and submit proposals for projects and programs for which grant funding under this subtitle is sought;

(b) Specifies the required content of a grant application and proposal; and

(c) Identifies selection criteria and funding priorities to be applied by the Commission in determining which proposals will be funded.

(4) "Commission" means the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission.

(5) "Commissioner" means a member of the Commission.

(6) "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.

(7) "Community health resource" means a person determined by the Commission to satisfy the criteria set forth in COMAR 10.45.05.02A, .03, or .04.

(8) "Department" means the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(9) "Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) licensee" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.22.01.01B(36).

(10) "Federal poverty guidelines" means the poverty measure that is:

(a) Issued annually in the Federal Register by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; and

(b) Used to determine eligibility for government programs.

(11) "Federally qualified health center" has the meaning stated in Health-General Article, §24-1301(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.

(12) "Federally qualified health center 'look-alike'" means a community-based health center that:

(a) Is authorized under § 1905(l)(2)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act; and

(b) Meets the eligibility requirements for a grant under § 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 b), but is not a grantee.

(13) "Fiscal year (FY)" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.62.01B.

(14) "Health care program for the homeless" means a community-based health center that:

(a) Serves homeless adults and children; and

(b) Is grant-funded under § 330(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 b(h)).

(15) "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:

(a) Improve health care access for the medically underserved;

(b) Develop and operate safety net provider networks; and

(c) Increase health centers' efficiency, revenue, and overall productivity.

(16) "Historic Maryland primary care provider" means a person that provided primary care services through the Maryland PrimaryCare Program.

(17) "Local health department" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.40.01B.

(18) "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:

(a) County community action agencies established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964;

(b) Partnerships of public or private nonprofit health care providers or programs providing case management or other care coordination services;

(c) Private nonprofit programs that provide administrative, support, and coordination services to facilitate the provision of primary and specialty care services by volunteer practitioners; and

(d) Community outreach programs sponsored by a local health department.

(19) "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.

(20) "Migrant health center" means a community-based health center that:

(a) Is grant-funded under § 330(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 b(g)); and

(b) Serves migratory and seasonal farm workers and their families in the State.

(21) "Outpatient mental health clinic" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.21.17.02B.

(22) "Person" has the meaning stated in Health-General Article, §1-101(h), Annotated Code of Maryland.

(23) "Practitioner" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.62.01B.

(24) "Presiding officer" means:

(a) The chair of the Commission; or

(b) In the chair's absence, the chair's designee.

(25) "Primary care program for a public housing project" means a community-based health center that:

(a) Provides comprehensive primary care services to public housing residents; and

(b) Is grant-funded under § 330(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 b(i)).

(26) "Provider" has the same meaning as "health care provider", as stated in Health-General Article, §19-132, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(27) "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 10.09.68.02B.

(28) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(29) "State" means the State of Maryland.

(30) "Substance abuse treatment provider" means a provider of substance abuse treatment services that is:

(a) Located in the State; and

(b) Certified in accordance with Health-General Article, §8-404, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(31) "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:

(a) Physicians;

(b) Nurses; and

(c) Dentists.

(32) "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:

(a) Delivers primary and preventive health care services to geographically underserved communities and uninsured individuals in the State; and

(b) Provides principal training sites for the University of Maryland School of Nursing to expand student learning opportunities.

Md. Code Regs. 10.45.01.02

Regulations .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 31, 2006 (33:24 Md. R. 1905); adopted permanently effective February 12, 2007 (34:3 Md. R. 299)
Regulation .02B amended effective July 23, 2012 (39:14 Md. R. 838)