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(ii) Is not eligible for medical assistance coverage; and

(iii) Has not paid the trauma physician OR TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER for care provided by the trauma physician OR TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, after documented attempts by the trauma physician OR TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER to collect payment.

(b) (1) There is a Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund.

(2) The purpose of the Fund is to subsidize the documented costs:

(i) Of uncompensated care incurred by a trauma physician OR A TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER in providing trauma care to a trauma patient on the State trauma registry;

(ii) Of undercompensated care incurred by a trauma physician OR A TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER in providing trauma care to an enrollee of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program who is a trauma patient on the State trauma registry;

(iii) Incurred by a trauma center to maintain trauma physicians on–call as required by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems;

(iv) Incurred by the State primary adult resource center to maintain trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and anesthesiologists on–call and on standby as required by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems; and

(v) Incurred by the Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission to administer the Fund and audit reimbursement requests to assure appropriate payments are made from the Fund.

(3) The Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission shall administer the Fund.

(4) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.