1426
LAWS OF MARYLAND
Maryland is to be portioned
among the political
subdivisions of Maryland by
a formula based on estimated
total valuations of real and
personal property subject to
local taxation as the
measure of each
subdivision's ability to pay
for its health services.
Such total valuations for
each subdivision 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 subdivision. Each
subdivision's share of its
own minimum budget shall be
that percentage of half the
total estimated minimum
budget of all subdivisions
which that subdivision's
total estimated 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
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