Ch. 401                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

WHEREAS, Institutional dollars should accompany mentally ill citizens into the
community to prevent homelessness and other deleterious results of poorly implemented
deinstitutionalization and should, therefore, be protected and preserved; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article- Health - General

7-206.

(A)     (1) THERE IS A CONTINUING, NONLAPSING WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(2) THE PURPOSE OF THE WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND IS TO ENSURE
THAT:

(I)      FUNDS FOLLOW INDIVIDUALS LEAVING STATE RESIDENTIAL
CENTERS TO QUALITY COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES; AND

(I) WHEN INDIVIDUALS LEAVE STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTERS,
THE NET AVERAGE COST OF SERVING THEM IN THE STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER,
AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION (D)(2) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL FOLLOW THEM TO
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES; AND

(II)     ANY FUNDS REMAINING AFTER THE INDIVIDUALS LEAVING
STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTERS ARE SERVED, ARE USED TO PROVIDE QUALITY
COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT NOT
RECEIVING, THE COMMUNITY BASE BASED SERVICES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF
THIS SECTION.

(B)      SUBJECT TO THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING
BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE THE WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND FOR:

(1)      PROVIDING COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO EACH INDIVIDUAL
WHO LEAVES A STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER ON OR AFTER JULY OCTOBER 1, 1994;
AND                                                                   

(2)      PROVIDING COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS
ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT NOT RECEIVING, SERVICES FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE FUNDS REMAINING AFTER EACH
INDIVIDUAL WHO LEAVES A STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER ON OR AFTER JULY
OCTOBER 1, 1994 IS SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

'(C) FOR INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR, BUT NOT RECEIVING, SERVICES FROM
THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT, THE
WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE:

(1)      INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTED LIVING ARRANGEMENTS SERVICES;

(2)      RESPITE CARE;

(3)      INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES;

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