Maryland Code, Health-General § 4-220

(a) The Secretary may provide the United States Department of Health and Human Services with copies of vital records or other information that is required for national statistics, on the condition that the information may not be used for other than statistical purposes unless authorized by the Secretary.

(b) On request, the Secretary may provide federal, State, local, and other public or private agencies with copies of vital records or other information for statistical purposes on terms or conditions that the Secretary sets.

(c) On request, the Secretary may provide the State designated health information exchange with select information from death certificates to allow linkage of the data to the State designated health information exchange master patient index in order that a date of death may be associated and stored with the records of those patients who have died for statistical and clinician notification purposes in accordance with regulations or a data sharing agreement.