130 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[CH. 43

purposes by mutual consent of the

institution and the State Depart-

ment of Health ....................................:

2,299,158

General Fund Appropriation to Special

Hospitals providing funds for long

term illnesses for disbursement by

the Treasury Department to the nine

institutions listed in the program

and performance statement for this

program on transmittals from the

State Department of Health. Eligi-

bility for hospital inpatient care of

individuals in the named institutions

shall be determined by the local De-

partments of Public Welfare under

policies established by the State De-

partment of Public Welfare. Pay-

ments to special hospitals shall be at

the lesser of (a) $5.00 per day, or

(b) cost per patient day, except in

the case of Tuberculosis Hospitals

which shall be paid the lesser of (a)

the average cost in State-owned

tuberculosis hospitals, or (b) cost

per patient day. In the event that

the Federal Goyernment makes

funds available to the State for hos-

pitalization of the indigent any part

of the appropriations made may be

used for matching purposes by

mutual consent of the institutions

and the State Department of Health

369,444

2,668,602

10.01.03.05

Hospital Outpatient Program

For payments to Baltimore City and County

Hospitals for outpatient department services to

medically indigent persons for the period July

1, 1954, to June 30, 1955.

General Fund Appropriation ........................

197,820

Of the amount of $197,820 hereby appropri-

ated, $173,032, or any portion thereof is to be

made available for payment for services to

Baltimore City patients contingent upon the

amount made available by Baltimore City for

the same purpose and period on an equal

matching basis, and the amount of $24,788, or

any portion thereof, is to be made available for