HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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proposals to the State Statewide Health Coordinating
Council for review and comment; requiring the council
to forward certain program and budgetary proposals to
certain area wide health systems agencies for review
and comment; and allowing the area wide health systems
agencies and the State Statewide Health Coordinating
Council to submit comments to the Secretary.

BY adding to

Article 41 — Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 59H (c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and Administrative

Departments

59H.

(C) (1) EARLY IN THE PREPARATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE 5-YEAR PLAN AND BUDGET REQUESTS, BUT IN

NO EVENT LATER THAN THE TWENTIETH DAY BEFORE THE DATE OF
SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SECRETARY SHALL SUBMIT A
PROPOSAL OF PROGRAM AND BUDGETARY PRI0RITIES TO THE STATE
STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND
COMMENT.

(2)       THE STATE STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING
COUNCIL SHALL FORWARD TO EACH AREA WIDE HEALTH SYSTEMS
AGENCY FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT A COPY OF THOSE PROPOSALS OF
BUDGETARY PRIORITIES THAT AFFECT THE AREA FOR WHICH THAT
HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY HAS RESPONSIBILITY.

(3)       THE STATE STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING
COUNCIL AND EACH AREA WIDE HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY SHALL
SUBMIT ANY COMMENTS ON THE PROGRAM AND     BUDGETARY PROPOSALS
TO THE SECRETARY AS SOON AS REASONABLY   POSSIBLE SO THAT THE
SECRETARY MAY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THEIR   COMMENTS WHEN MAKING
FINAL PROGRAM AND BUDGETARY DECISIONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

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