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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 298
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(ii) Where a local management board and a local interagency
coordinating council coexist, they shall work cooperatively.
(h) (1) For fiscal year 2004, the annual per child cost of the Program is
$4,044.
(2) For fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year, the annual per
child cost of the Program shall be the amount in paragraph (1) of this subsection
increased by the same percentage as the increase in the implicit price deflator for
State and local government expenditures, as of July of the second fiscal year
preceding the year for which the amount is being calculated.
(3) FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR IF SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE
TO PROVIDE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMULA UNDER PARAGRAPH (4)
OF THIS SUBSECTION. THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET
BILL AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MARYLAND INFANTS AND TODDLERS PROGRAM IN
AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE
PROGRAM AS APPROVED IN THE STATE BUDGET AS ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY FOR THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR
(3) (4) [Subject to the availability of funding for the Program in the
State budget, the] THE Department shall distribute a grant to the local lead agency
for the Program in each county in an amount equal to the product of:
(i) The annual per child cost multiplied by the number of children
in the county who received services under the Program in the second fiscal year
preceding the year for which the amount is being calculated; and
(ii) 1. .05 for fiscal year 2004;
2. .10 for fiscal year 2005;
3. .15 for fiscal year 2006; and
4. .20 for fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(i) The Department shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2006.
Approved May 2, 2006.
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