Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. The Department of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation shall establish a Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to pay for the
costs of the Hospital Employees Retraining Program.
B. Fund Revenues.
(1) If a hospital closes, merges, or is fully
delicensed and workers are displaced under Health-General Article, §
19-325, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Health Services Cost Review Commission
shall assess a fee as required by Health-General Article, § 19-326.1(b),
Annotated Code of Maryland, to be paid within 30 days of the
assessment.
(2) Each hospital
regulated by the Commission shall pay an annual fee as required by
Health-General Article, § 19-326.1(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, by
July 1 of each year.
(3) If a
hospital does not pay the fee by the date specified in this section, the
Maryland Department of Labor shall assess interest on the amount due at the
rate of 1-1/2 percent per month calculated on a daily basis.
(4) If in any year the Fund is depleted, each
hospital regulated by the Commission shall pay to the Department a direct
remittance to address the needs resulting from a partial closure, downsizing,
acquisition, or partial delicensure of a hospital, as required by
Health-General Article, § 19-326.1(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, within
30 days of receipt of the notice of assessment from the Commission.
C. The Hospital Employees
Retraining Fund may be used only for expenses incurred for the administration
and operation of the Hospital Employees Retraining Program including the costs
of maintaining the Fund. Allowable costs may include but are not limited to:
(1) Training, employment, and supportive
services pursuant to the policies of the Division;
(2) Payments to vendors to provide services
necessary for the operation of the Program; and
(3) Administrative costs for the management
of the Program and the Fund, which may not exceed 15 percent of the total
program costs.
D. At the
end of each fiscal year ending on June 30, any unexpended funds remaining in
the Fund shall be returned to the hospitals that contributed to the Fund on a
pro rata basis as required by Labor and Employment Article, §11-201(h),
Annotated Code of Maryland.
