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Total Federal Fund Appropriation...................... 1,748,679

Total Appropriation ........................................ 12,383,088

12,343,088

MEDICAL CARE SERVICES

10.01.03.01 General Administration

General Fund Appropriation.......... 467,723

Federal Fund Appropriation, pro-
vided that grants in excess of
this estimate may be made avail-
able by approved budget amend-
ment .............................................. 165,027 632,750

10.01.03.02 Medical Care Program

General Fund Appropriation, for Statewide
special services to nursing home patients and
for payments to Physicians, Dentists,
Pharmacists, Hospitals and Nurses, for Med-
ical Care to indigent and/or medically in-
digent persons in the Counties and Balti-
more City ............................................................ 14,510,355

10.01.03.04 Hospital In-Patient Program

General Fund Appropriation, for the purchase
of hospital inpatient care in the forty two
(42) FORTY-THREE (43) General Hospi-
tals (INCLUDING MORRIS CAFRITZ
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA) and four (4) Special
Hospitals listed in the program and perform-
ance statement for individuals whose eligibil-
ity 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
and the hospitals outside the State for eligible
Maryland residents temporarily absent from
the State; and for the purchase of nursing
home care for patients previously certified by
the Department of Public Welfare for care
under the Inpatient Program who are dis-
charged from one of the listed hospitals prior
to Department of Public Welfare's determina-
tion of eligibility for nursing home care.

Payment for care rendered in General Hospitals
shall be the lesser of billings to other patients
for like services or 80% of each hospital's
verified average per diem cost of the 1967
fiscal year.

Payments for care rendered in Special Hospitals
shall be the lesser of billings to other patients