HCPSS MPIA Request #2024-138

Requestor
Barb Krupiarz
Requested Information
I am requesting any document containing the number of Maryland Attorney General Public Access Ombudsman requests for mediation with HCPSS and the number completed by year for the years 2019 through the present (including the number to date for the current year). Please also include the number of mediations denied by HCPSS.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to this request, while no record contains the number of requests for mediation with the Maryland Attorney General Public Access Ombudsman per year and the number of those declined by HCPSS, a staff review of Final Determination letters indicates the following:
• SY2024 (YTD): 3 (1 declined)
• SY2023: 1 (0 declined)
Please note, prior to a change in statute that went into effect July 1, 2022, no determinations under MPIA GP § 4-1B-04 (B) were issued to formally identify the dispute resolution process and outcome. A staff review of communications with the Ombudsman indicates the following:
• SY2022: 0
• SY2021: 1 (0 declined)
• SY2020: 0
• SY2019: 0

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