Legal Opinion

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene v. VNA Hospice

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided September 28, 2007No. 526 September Term, 2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARBERA, Judge.

We consider in this appeal the constitutionality of the law presently codified at Maryland Code (1982, 2005 Repl.Vol.), § 19-906 of the Health General Article (“HG”). That section sets forth the requirements for obtaining a license to provide home-based hospice services. Before 2003, VNA Hospice of Maryland (‘VNA”), appellee, held a statewide license pursuant to the then-applicable version of HG § 19-906, to provide home-based hospice care service in Maryland. In 2003, the General Assembly substantially amended HG § 19-906, causing appellant, the Department of Health and Mental…

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. VNA Hospice of Md. v. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENECourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
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