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42 (d) thereof; that Section 3 of Article 88A of said Code, title
"State Department of Public Welfare," sub-title "Board of Welfare,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and
all to read as follows:

42.

(e) The State Department of Health is authorized to contract
with the State Department of Public Welfare for supplying medical
services to the indigent THOSE PERSONS for whom funds have
been granted to the State Department of Public Welfare and for
whom the State Department of Public Welfare under the appropria-
tion has responsibility.

3. The State Department of Public Welfare shall be the central,
coordinating and directing agency of all welfare activities in this
State, including Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Assistance,
Public Assistance to the Needy Blind, General Public Assistance, Aid
to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, Child Welfare Services,
and any other welfare activities financed in whole or in part by the
State or Federal Government. It shall have responsibility for medi-
cal care to public assistance clients to the extent that funds are pro-
vided in appropriations to the State Department of Public Welfare
in the State budget, and make such plans, including contractual rela-
tions, with other agencies and institutions as may be necessary to
carry this responsibility into effect. It shall exercise supervision, as
hereinafter set forth, over all public and private institutions having
the care, custody or control or dependent, delinquent, abandoned or
neglected children. All of the activities of the County Boards, herein-
after provided for, and of the Department of Public Welfare of Bal-
timore City, which the State finances, in whole or in part, shall be
subject to the supervision, direction and control of the State Depart-
ment of Public Welfare. The State Department shall also investi-
gate, from time to time, the whole system of public and private insti-
tutions, organizations and agencies of a charitable nature in this
State, including those which receive part of their income from this
State, except those placed by law under the supervision of another
State agency. Prior to the convening of each regular session of the
General Assembly, the Department shall furnish to the Governor a
report of its activities and of the condition of all charitable institu-
tions, organizations and agencies, excepting hospitals, receiving fi-
nancial aid from the State; and it shall make recommendations as
to appropriations for such institutions, giving its reasons therefor
as fully as may be practicable.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect

June 1, 1957.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE
AND NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PUB-
LIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
A YEA AND NAY VOTE, SUPPORTED BY THREE-FIFTHS OF

ALL THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH OF THE TWO
HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SAME SHALL
TAKE EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Approved March 18, 1957.