42                                Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 29

the amount made available therefor by appropriation, and shall be
allowed their actual and necessary expenses in the performance of
their duties hereunder.]

[(c) Removal.—The Governor may remove any member of the
Authority for cause after an opportunity to be heard. A statement of
the cause of his removal shall be filed by the Governor in the office of
the Secretary of State.]

[(d) Director.—The Governor shall designate a member of the
Authority as Director to serve as such during the pleasure of the
Governor. The Director shall direct the work of the Authority and
shall be the chief executive officer of the Authority.]

[(e) Reports.—] The [Authority] Administration shall submit
an annual report to the [Department of] Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene which shall be forwarded to the Governor and the
legislature and shall be made public. It shall also submit such addi-
tional reports as may be requested by the [Department] Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, the Governor, or the legislature.

5. Same—Powers and duties.

Any exercise of its powers and duties by the [Authority] Admin-
istration shall be made subject to the approval of the [Commissioner
of the Department of Mental Hygiene] Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene. The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene may
in his discretion exercise or perform any power, duty, responsibility
or function which the Drug Abuse Administration is authorized to
perform under the provisions of this Article or under any other
provisions of law.

The [Authority] Administration shall:

(a)    Survey and analyze the State's needs and with the advice of
the Advisory Council on Drug Abuse authorized pursuant to this
article, formulate a comprehensive plan for the long-range develop-
ment, through the utilization of federal, State, local and private
resources, of adequate services and facilities for the prevention and
control of drug abuse and the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation
of drug abusers and from time to time revise such plan.

(b)    With the advice of the Council promote, develop, establish,
coordinate and conduct unified programs for education, prevention,
diagnosis, treatment, aftercare, community referral, rehabilitation
and control in the field of drug abuse, in cooperation with such other
federal, State, local and private agencies as are necessary and, within
the amount made available by appropriation therefor, implement
and administer such programs.

(c)    Direct and carry on basic, clinical, epidemiological, social
science and statistical research in drug abuse either individually or
in conjunction with other agencies, public or private and, within the
amount made available by appropriation therefor, develop pilot pro-
grams. In pursuance of the foregoing and notwithstanding any other
provisions of law, the [Authority] Administration is empowered to
establish, direct and carry on experimental pilot clinic programs for
the treatment of drug addiction and of the condition of drug addicts,
which programs may include the administration, under medical
supervision and control, of maintenance dosages of addicting drugs.