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S.B. 367 VETOES
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(c) The Program shall include the early intervention services provided or
supervised by the Department and the State Departments of Health and Mental
Hygiene including the Program for Hearing-Impaired Infants established under Title
13, Subtitle 6 of the Health — General Article and Human Resources, and the [Office
for Children, Youth, and Families] GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR CHILDREN.
(d) The Program shall be administered in accord with the applicable
requirements of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other
applicable federal and State laws.
(e) An interagency coordinating council shall be appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall:
(1) Advise and assist the Department in the supervision and monitoring
of the Program; and
(2) Submit an annual report to the Governor and the federal
government.
(f) Local lead agencies shall be established or designated in each county and
Baltimore City to administer the Program in their subdivision, under the direction of
the Department.
(g) (1) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners, as
appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor shall establish a local interagency
coordinating council to advise and assist the local lead agency in the development and
implementation of policies that constitute the local Program.
(2) (i) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners,
as appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor may designate the local management
board to serve as the local interagency coordinating council or establish the local
interagency coordinating council as a part of that board.
(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.
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