COMAR 10.25.10.03. Fund Administration

A. The Fund is a special, nonlapsing interest bearing fund that is not subject to State Finance and Procurement Article, §7-302, Annotated Code of Maryland .

B. The purpose of the Fund is to subsidize the documented costs:

(1) Of uncompensated care incurred by a trauma physician or trauma health care practitioner in providing trauma services to a trauma patient on the Maryland Trauma Registry;

(2) Of undercompensated care incurred by a trauma physician or trauma health care practitioner in providing trauma services to an enrollee of the Medicaid Program who is a trauma patient on the Maryland Trauma Registry;

(3) Incurred by a trauma center to maintain trauma physicians on-call as required by MIEMSS;

(4) Incurred by a trauma center to maintain patient education, equipment, services, systems, and training as required by MIEMSS, for trauma-related care and not otherwise reimbursed; and

(5) Incurred by the Commission to administer the Fund and audit reimbursement requests and trauma grants to assure appropriate payments are made from the Fund.

C. Administering Agencies. The Commission shall administer the disbursements from the Fund.

D. Interest. The interest on the Fund shall be accounted for separately and credited to the Fund, and is not subject to State Finance and Procurement Article, §6-226(a), Annotated Code of Maryland .