110 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 42

for residents of Baltimore City and $1, 319, 086
is for payment for services for residents of
the Counties. This distribution of funds
between the program for Baltimore City and
the program for Counties may be adjusted
upon recommendation of the Board of Health
and the approval of the Governor.

10. 01. 03. 04 Hospital In-Patient Program

General Fund Appropriation for the purchase
of hospital in-patient care in the thirty-seven
(37) General Hospitals and seven (7) Special
Hospitals listed in the program and per-
formance statement for individuals whose
financial status is determined by the local
Department of Public Welfare under policies
established jointly by the State Department
of Public Welfare and the State Department
of Health.

Payments for care rendered in General Hospitals
shall be the lesser of billings to other patients
for like services or 80% of the hospital's ap-
proved per diem cost, except that hospitals
having a per diem cost above $13. 00, of
which 80% would be less than $13. 00, shall
be reimbursed at $13. 00, and hospitals having
a per diem cost of less than $13. 00 shall be
reimbursed at cost, PROVIDED THAT IN
NO EVENT SHALL MINERS' HOS-
PITAL RECEIVE A SUM LESS THAN
$83, 682 AGREEABLY TO THE PROVI-
SIONS OF CHAPTER 475 OF THE ACTS
OF 1959.

Payments for care rendered in special Hospitals
shall be the lesser of billings to other patients
for like services or 80% of the hospital's ap-
proved per diem cost; except that hospitals
having a per diem cost above $5. 50, of which
80% would be less than $5. 50, shall be re-
imbursed at $5. 50, and hospitals having a
per diem cost of less than $5. 50 shall be re-
imbursed at cost; and except that in the case
of Eudowood, a Tuberculosis Hospital, pay-
ments shall be the lesser of the average cost
in State-owned tuberculosis hospitals or 80%
of the approved cost per patient day.

The State Board of Health is authorized to
promulgate rules and regulations for the op-
eration of this program. In the event that
the Federal Government makes funds avail-
able to the State for hospitalization of the
indigent, any part of this appropriation may
be used for matching purposes by mutual
consent of the institution and the State De-
partment of Health............................................ 7, 896, 633