2642                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 770

Mental Retardation Facilities, and Developmental
Disabilities Facilities.

(4) (a) For the purposes of this Act, "facility" means
a community mental health center component, addiction
facility, mental retardation facility, or developmental
disabilities facility wholly owned by and operated under the
authority of a county and/or municipality, or a nonprofit
community mental health center component, addiction
facility, mental retardation facility, or developmental
disabilities facility wholly owned by and operated under the
authority of a nonprofit organization as defined below,
provided that the sponsor of such a facility meets the
following qualifications:

(i) It is a bona fide religious
organization, no part of the earnings of which inures to the
benefit of any individual or is used for any purpose other
than the maintenance and operation of the facility or the
purchase of equipment to be used in the facility or the
expansion of the facility; or

(ii) It is an organization chartered as a
nonprofit corporation, no part of the earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any individual or is used for any
purpose other than the maintenance and operation of the
facility or the purchase of equipment to be used in the
facility or the expansion of the facility, and is classified
by the Federal Internal Revenue Service as nonprofit.

(b)  Prior to the authorization of any grant
under this Act for any facility, the applicant shall file
with the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene:

(i) A financial statement setting forth
the personnel employed or to be employed, all remuneration
and perquisites for personal services and other expenses
paid or to be paid, and the expenses incurred or to be
incurred in operating the facility; and

(ii) The schedule of rates charged or to
be charged for services rendered.

(c)  The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and
regulations to carry out the intent of this Act. These
rules and regulations shall provide for certified annual
financial statements from each facility and may provide for
other reports. This information shall be required annually
for at least the term of the bonds authorized under this
Act.

(d)  Any public or private nonprofit entity or
government sponsoring the construction of an eligible
facility or the expansion of an existing eligible facility
in this State may apply to the State Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene for a State grant toward the cost of that