Ch. 593                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) (i) The estimated staffing yield shall be multiplied by the salary for
each of the staffing ratios to produce a total salary dollar estimate. The salary as used in
this Act is for the purpose determining funding only and does not require any county
to maintain a certain salary level:

(ii) The salary, except as otherwise stated in this section, is the salary
level of the State Merit System pay plan then in effect for each of the staffing ratios.

(iii) The salary for a Health Officer is the actual salary in effect at the
time the estimated minimum Budget for local Health services is being calculated.

(iv) The salary for:

1. An Administrator I is Grade 16; Step 3;                   

2. An Administrator II is Grade 17, Step 3; and
3. An Administrator III is Grade 18, Step 4.

(v) The salary for a Physician D is Physician D, Step 3.

(vi) The salary for a Community Health Nurse II is Grade 14, Step 3.

(vii) The salary for a Sanitarian II is Grade 9, Step 3.

(viii) The salary for a Steno Clerk is Grade 5, Step 3.

(ix) The salary for:

1. A Fiscal Specialist I is Grade 14, Step 3; and

2. A Fiscal Specialist II is Grade 15; Step 3.       

(x) The salary for a Personnel Officer I is Grade 14, Step 3.

(4) One third of the total salary dollar estimate shall be calculated as the
operating expense estimate.

(5) Fringe benefits (Social Security, Retirement, Unemployment Insurance,
and Workers' Compensation) shall be calculated using rates obtained from the
Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning.                                                               

(6) The estimated minimum budget for local health services is the total of
the total salary dollar estimate, fringe benefits; and the operating expense estimate.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the total cost of the
estimated minimum budgets for local health services of all the counties shall be payable
50 percent by the State and 50 percent by the counties.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:                       

(1) The cost's for local health services in the counties shall be apportioned
among the counties in accordance with a formula that is based on the estimated total
valuations of real and personal property that is subject to local taxation as the measure of
each county's ability to pay for its local health services.

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