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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 192

AN ACT concerning

Corrective Bill —

Budget and Fiscal Planning Department;

Police Protection Fund

FOR the purpose of correcting certain technical errors in
the laws relating to the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning and the Police Protection Fund,

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 15A — Budget and Fiscal Planning
Section 28(a) and 37(b)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 28(a) and 37(b)(1) of Article 15A
— Budget and Fiscal Planning, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be
and they are hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 15A — Budget and Fiscal Planning

28.

(a)    The secretary of any department of State
government, or head of any unassigned agency, which
contracts with a private vendor for the purchase of care
of any kind for children, juveniles, or adults in
nongovernmental facilities, shall provide for a periodic
examination of the accounts of the vendor providing
purchase of care services to determine if the costs
incurred for which reimbursement was received were in
accordance with allowable cost guidelines of the
department or agency. If it is determined that the
amount of reimbursement that was received during the
period exceeded total allowable costs, the department
shall collect the amount owed to the department or
agency. However, less than the amount due may be
collected if collection of the full amount would
seriously impair the financial condition of the vendor,
and a written statement containing the basis for the
finding is filed by the department. If it is determined
that allowable costs exceeded the amount tor] OF
reimbursement, and were less than the maximum rate of
payment as provided in the budget, there will be a
settlement of the amount owed to the vendor.

37.

(b)    For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975,
and thereafter, the State shall pay to each subdivision,
each year in the manner and subject to the limitations