Ch. 401

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. WHO ARE NOT IN CRISIS AND DO NOT NEED EMERGENCY
SERVICES.                                                               

(2) THE WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND MAY NOT BE USED TO SUPPLANT
FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR:

(I)      EMERGENCY COMMUNITY PLACEMENTS; OR

(II)     TRANSITIONING STUDENTS.

(F)      (1) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR THE SECRETARY SHALL
PREPARE A REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES ON THE WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND.

(2)      THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:

(I)       AN ACCOUNTING OF ALL RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES TO
AND FROM THE FUND;

(II)     THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LEFT AND ENTERED
STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTERS DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR; AN©

(III)    THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS WHO WERE ON THE
WAITING LIST FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES DURING THE
PREVIOUS YEAR; AND

(IV)    AN ACCOUNTING OF EACH OF THE FACTORS USED IN
DETERMINING THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN A STATE
RESIDENTIAL CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (D)
(2) OF THIS SECTION.

(G)     ANY UNSPENT PORTIONS IN THE WAITING LIST-EQUITY FUND AND ANY
INTEREST EARNED ON MONEY IN THE WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED OR REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE, BUT SHALL
REMAIN IN THE WAITING LIST EQUITY FUND TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES
SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION.

10-208.

(A) (1) THERE IS A CONTINUING NONLAPSING MENTAL HYGIENE
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FUND.

(2) SUBJECT TO THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS, THE PURPOSE OF THE
MENTAL HYGIENE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FUND IS TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS
REALIZED FROM THE CLOSURE OR DOWNSIZING OF MENTAL HYGIENE
ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES ARE USED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES.

(3)      IN DETERMINING FUNDING FOR THE MENTAL HYGIENE
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FUND, THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO AN
INDIVIDUAL IN A MENTAL HYGIENE FACILITY SHALL BE CALCULATED BY:

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