HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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

(c)  The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
shall may 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
project. The allocation and use of State funds under this
Act shall be subject to the following provisions:

(i) State funds may be used only for the
construction, acquisition, renovation, or and equipment of
public and other nonprofit facilities; for the purpose of
reports, plans, and specifications in connection therewith;
and for the purpose of site improvements, surveys, and
programs in connection therewith.

(ii) Any federal grant which may be
available for this purpose shall be applied first to the
cost of construction, acquisition, renovation, or equipment
of each community mental health center component, addiction
facility, mental retardation facility, or developmental

disabilities facility.         State Except for community

residences, group homes, or halfway houses, where the State
grant shall amount to up to 100 percent of the eligible cost
remaining after the federal grant has been applied, State
grants shall amount to up to 50 percent of the eligible cost
remaining after the federal grant has been applied. For
those projects designated under federal regulations. State
plans, and regulations provided for by this Act as eligible
for poverty area funding, State grants shall amount to up to
75 percent of the eligible cost remaining after the federal
grant has been applied. For the purposes of this section,
community development block grant funds may be considered as
local matching funds under the provisions of this Act and
may not be considered as federal grant funds.

(iii) No part of the applicant's matching
fund may consist of real or personal property, in-kind
contributions, or funds expended prior to the date at which
the requested State grant is approved by the Board of Public
Works. In case of any dispute as to what money or assets
may qualify as matching funds, the Board of Public Works
shall determine the matter, and the Board's decision shall
be final.