WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 761

include certain costs so that sufficient staff may be
employed to coordinate the individual support services;
requiring the Individual Support Services Program to be made

available to certain eligible persons; requiring that

eligible persons selected for services be informed of
individual support services and encouraged to use those
services prior to being offered certain other services;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to the Family
Support Services Program and the Individual Support Services
Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 7-703(a) and 7-704
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - Environmental General

Section 7-269 through 7-271 7-706 through 7-708 to be under

the new part "Part IX. III. Individual Support

Services Programs Program"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

7-703.

(a) (1) There is a Family Support Services Program.

(2)  The Administration shall contract with private
nonprofit community based organizations for the provision of
family support services IN EACH COUNTY OR REGION OF THE STATE.

(3) (I) THE PROGRAM SHALL BE GRANT-FUNDED AND EXEMPT
FROM THE STATE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AS DEFINED IN DIVISION II OF
THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE.

(II) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL BASE THE AMOUNT
OF A GRANT TO A COUNTY OR REGION UPON THE NEEDS OF THE ELIGIBLE
FAMILIES IN EACH LOCALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATA AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES CONSORTIUM PROJECT FOR
LOCALITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE.

7-704.

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