694                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 21

BUDGET REQUEST APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY OUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE PROGRAMS UNDER
THIS SECTION.

(C) EVALUATION.

EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSION SHALL:

(1) EVALUATE THE ENTIRE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
PROGRAM; AND

GOVERNOR.

(2) SEND THE EVALUATION WITH A REPORT TO THE

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a) and (c) of this section
formerly appeared as Article 43, § 886(a) and
(c).

Subsection (b) of this section formerly appeared
as Article 43, § 887.

In subsection (a)(2)(vii) of this section, the
reference "any other services that the Commission
thinks should be covered" is substituted for the
requirement that the guidelines "shall relate,
but are not limited to", for clarity.

In subsection (b) of this section, the defined
term "county" is substituted for "local" since
the latter term is misleading and suggests that
there is a local health department other than the
county health department. This substitution is
in accordance with the intent of Ch. 270, Acts of
1981, which, in part, abolished certain city,
town, and other local boards of health.

In subsection (b)(2) of this section, the word
"request" is added to reflect that the Department
submits a request but the Governor determines the
final form of the Budget Bill submitted to the
General Assembly.

Also in subsection (b)(2) of this section, the
reference to "high blood pressure programs" is
substituted for the reference to "the entire high
blood pressure program", to avoid the incorrect
implication that a county health department would
carry out the State "high blood pressure
program", as well as its own.

The only other changes are in style.

Defined terms: "Commission" § 13-201

"County" § 1-101 "Includes"/"including" § 1-101

"Department" § 1-101