WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 760

(3) ANY INTEREST EARNED BY THE STATE ON ANY FUNDS
CONTRIBUTED BY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SHALL ACCRUE TO THE FUND. THE
ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PAYMENT OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE
REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST EARNED ON THE LOCAL

CONTRIBUTIONS.

(3) ANY INTEREST EARNED BY THE STATE ON ANY FUNDS

CONTRIBUTED BY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SHALL:

(I) ACCRUE TO THE FUND; AND

(II) BE APPLIED TO REDUCE THE ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

(4) ANY INTEREST THAT ACCRUES TO THE FUND BECAUSE OF
FUNDS CONTRIBUTED BY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SHALL REDUCE THE FUTURE

OBLIGATIONS OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved June 2, 1987.

CHAPTER 760

(Senate Bill 778)

AN ACT concerning

Family and Individual Support Services Programs

FOR the purpose of clarifying that the Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities Administration is required to
contract with private nonprofit community-based
organizations for the provision of family support services
in each county or region of the State; requiring the Family
Support Services Programs and Individual Support Services
Program to be funded and exempt from the State procurement
process; requiring the Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities Administration to base the amount of a grant
for family support services to a county or region upon the
needs of the eligible families in each locality in
accordance with certain data; clarifying that the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene is required to request budget
support that is sufficient to operate the Family Support
Services Program and build its capacity so that all counties
of the State are served; requiring the Secretary, to the
extent that funds are provided by the Governor in the State
budget, to assume financial responsibility for the program

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