BLAIR LEE III,

Acting Governor

This appropriation for general
health services in the
political subdivisions of
Maryland is to be portioned
among the political subdivi-
sions of Maryland by a for-
mula based on estimated
total valuations of real and
personal property subject to
local taxation as the mea-
sure of each subdivision's
ability to pay for its
health services. Such total
valuations for each subdivi-
sion shall be estimated by
the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation and
certified to the Secretary
of Health and Mental
Hygiene. An estimated
budget for minimum health
services shall be calculated
for each political subdivi-
sion. Each subdivision's
share of its own minimum
budget shall be that per-
centage of half the total
estimated minimum budget of
all subdivisions which that
subdivision's total esti-
mated real and personal
property valuations bear to
the total estimated real and
personal property valuations
of all subdivisions. Each
political subdivision's
share of the funds available
to the State Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene is
the difference between the
total estimated budget for
that subdivision and that
subdivision's appropriation;
however, no subdivision
shall pay more than 80% of
its minimum budget nor less
than 20%. The Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene
shall be responsible for
acting on plans and budgets
for all health services in
each subdivision and shall
expend the same proportion
of the State's share for
State approved programs that
actual expenditures, as
established to the satisfac-
tion of the Secretary of