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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 382

Services] HUMAN RESOURCES shall receive such salary as
provided in the State budget. The Secretary shall serve
at the pleasure of the Governor, shall be directly
responsible to the Governor, shall counsel and advise the
Governor on all Batters assigned to the Department of
[Employment and Social Services] HUMAN RESOURCES, and
shall be responsible for carrying out the Governor's
policies with respect to such matters.

(c) The Secretary of [Employment and Social
Services] HUMAN RESOURCES shall be responsible for the
operation of the Department of [Employment and Social
Services] HUMAN RESOURCES, and shall establish guidelines
and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient
administration thereof. He may establish areas of
responsibility within his office and may reorganize or
abolish the same as necessary to fulfill effectively the
duties assigned to him.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all
references in the Annotated Code of Maryland, other laws,
ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, directives,
legal actions, contracts or other documents to the
Department of Employment and Social Services or the
Secretary of Employment and Social Services shall be
deemed to mean the Department of Human Resources and the
Secretary of Human Resources.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws
or parts of laws, public general or public local,
inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the extent of
the inconsistency.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 383
(Senate Bill 1006)

AN ACT concerning

Health Planning — Implementation of Federal Act
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Governor to implement