§ 10-344

(a) (1) The Maryland Health Care Commission shall notify in writing:

(i) the Authority and the Health Services Cost Review Commission when a hospital files a written notice of intent to close under § 19–120(l) of the Health – General Article; and

(ii) the Authority when a petition for delicensure of a hospital is filed with the Secretary of Health under § 19–325 of the Health – General Article.

(2) The Commission shall give the notice required by this subsection within 5 days after the date of the filing.

(b) The Secretary of Health shall notify the Authority and the Health Services Cost Review Commission in writing of each determination to delicense a hospital under § 19–325 of the Health – General Article at least 150 days before the scheduled date of delicensure.

(c) The notifications under this section shall include the name and location of the hospital and the scheduled date of its closure or delicensure.