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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this article,
supplies and services of the handicapped shall be purchased by
the State in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(b) (1) The term "handicapped" refers to an individual or
class of individuals under a physical disability (including
blindness) or mental disability, which constitutes a substantial
handicap to employment and is of such a nature as to prevent the
individual under such disability from currently engaging in
normal competitive employment.
(2) The term "charitable nonprofit agency for the
handicapped SHELTERED WORKSHOP" means an agency organized under
the laws of the United States and the State of Maryland operated
in the interest of handicapped individuals, and the net income of
which does not inure in part, or in whole, to the benefit of any
shareholder or other individual and is certified as a sheltered
workshop by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States
Department of Labor.
(3) "PRICING AND SELECTION COMMITTEE" MEANS THE
COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES FROM
CERTIFIED SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.
[(c) [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR SHELTERED
WORKSHOPS, THE Secretary of General Services shall have the
power, and it shall be his duty, to determine the fair market
price on all suitable supplies manufactured by the handicapped
and services rendered by the handicapped and offered for sale to
the State or any of its agencies by any charitable nonprofit
agency for the handicapped, incorporated under the laws of this
State, and manufacturing merchandise and providing services
within this State, and approved for such purpose by the
Department of General Services to revise such prices from time to
time, in accordance with changing market conditions, and to make
rules and regulations regarding specifications, time of delivery
and other relevant matters as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section. At the request of the Secretary of
General Services and with the approval of the Superintendent of
Education or other nonprofit making agencies, the Department of
General Services shall facilitate the distribution of orders and
services among agencies for the handicapped.]
(D) (C) (1) THE PRICING AND SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS SHALL:
(I) SELECT APPROPRIATE GOODS AND SERVICES FROM
THE STATE PROCUREMENT LIST AND PROVIDE THAT THE STATE PROCURE THE
SELECTED GOODS AND SERVICES FROM ELIGIBLE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS;
(II) DETERMINE THE FAIR MARKET PRICE OF ANY
GOODS AND SERVICES OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE STATE BY ELIGIBLE
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS;
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