If HB 728 becomes law, the bill would prompt the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to apply for a federal waiver in order to let undocumented migrants use the exchange.
Among the priorities: Tackling long emergency room wait times, participating in a new federal health care program and adjusting reimbursement rates for care at Md. hospitals.
Lawmakers and state health officials are weighing options to address the on-going issue of extended emergency room wait times in Maryland.
The winter holiday season tends to result more trips to the emergency rooms, but in Maryland, higher rates of emergency room visits this week may exacerbate an existing issue.
Sharfstein’s new leadership position reignites a series of unanswered legal and ethics questions related to recent appointments on the commission.
After weeks of being mum on the issue, the Moore administration claims that the appointees meet all statutory requirements to serve on the commission.
Agency was established in 1971 and is composed of seven members appointed by the governor.