SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1051

collected by the Workmen's Compensation Commission shall be paid
into the State treasury to reimburse the State for this portion of
the expense of administering the Workmen's Compensation Law.
And the said Commission shall be and is hereby clothed with such
power and authority to examine payrolls and require reports from
employers and insurance carriers as may be reasonable and neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this section and to adopt rules and
regulations in regard thereto.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 555
(Senate Bill 422)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 42A(a),
(b), (c), (d), and (f) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement), title
"Health," subtitle "Miscellaneous Provisions", to require each
county and Baltimore City to appropriate and place on deposit
with the State Department of Health, certain funds to defray the
costs of certain hospital services rendered indigent and medically
indigent patients,; to specify the appropriations, provide for re-
imbursements to said counties and Baltimore City from Federal
funds, require a certain accounting, provide for the levy of certain
local taxes, and specifying the relationship of payments under this
Act, together with supplementation therefor, to certain local laws.

Whereas, Section 42A of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement) re-
quires certain appropriations for hospital care of residents of the
respective political subdivisions, for the year 1968 only, and full
costs for hospital care of indigent and medically indigent patients
can be paid only if the mandatory local appropriations are con-
tinued; and

Whereas, this mechanism should be established on a permanent
basis rather than year to year, particularly in view of the passage
of major tax reform measures at the 1967 Session of the General
Assembly; now therefore

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 42A (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f) of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1967
Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Miscellaneous Provisions," be
and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

42A.

(a) For the 1969 [1968] 1969 fiscal year, each county and Balti-
more City shall place on deposit with the State Department of
Health, funds to permit the State Department of Health to pay 100%