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WES MOORE, Governor Ch. 717

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[(vi)] (IX) The total reimbursement to emergency physicians from the Fund may not exceed $300,000 annually.

(5) In order to receive reimbursement, a trauma physician OR A TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER in the case of costs of uncompensated care under subsection (b)(2)(i) of this section, or a trauma center in the case of on–call costs under subsection (b)(2)(iii) of this section, shall apply to the Fund on a form and in a manner approved by the Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission.

(6) (i) The Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission shall adopt regulations that specify the information that trauma physicians, TRAUMA HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS, and trauma centers must submit to receive money from the Fund.

(ii) The information required shall include:

1. The name and federal tax identification number of the trauma physician rendering the service;

2. The date of the service;

3. Appropriate codes describing the service;

4. Any amount recovered for the service rendered;

5. The name of the trauma patient;

6. The patient’s trauma registry number; and

7. Any other information the Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission consider necessary to disburse money from the Fund.

(iii) It is the intent of the General Assembly that trauma physicians and trauma centers shall cooperate with the Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission by providing information required under this paragraph in a timely and complete manner.

(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law, expenditures from the Fund for costs incurred in any fiscal year may not exceed revenues of the Fund.

(2) (i) The Commission, in consultation with the Health Services Cost Review Commission and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, shall develop a process for the award of grants to LEVEL I, Level II, and Level III trauma centers [in the State to be used for equipment primarily used] in the delivery of trauma care.