S.B. 543                                                  VETOES

circumstances; requiring the counties pay an adjusted share of the local estimated
minimum budgets for local health services under certain circumstances; authorising
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt certain regulations; requiring
the State to make certain payments to each county under certain circumstances;
requiring the Governor to include a certain amount of funding for the provision of
local health services in the budget beginning with a certain fiscal year; specifying the
percentage of funding required for the provision of local health services funding;
specifying a method of calculating the State share of the estimated minimum
budget; preventing certain funds from being transferred or used for certain
purposes; allowing the Governor to reduce funding for certain local health services
by a certain percent; and generally relating to establishing a formula and method of
financing and funding for the provision of local health services in the counties
specifying the use of certain appropriations; requiring a certain minimum level of funding
for each subdivision under certain circumstances; and generally relating to funding for
local health services in the counties.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 2-301 through 2-307 2-304 2-305, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle

"Subtitle 3. Local Health Services Funding"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing

Article 24 - Political Subdivisions - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 15-101 through 15-105 and the title "Title 15. Local Health Services"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 3 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1994)           

BY repealing

Chapter 593 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993

Preamble

WHEREAS, Maryland was the first state in the nation to have a local health
department in each county; and

WHEREAS, Local health department programs focus on prevention; and

WHEREAS, Local health programs are a critical component to protecting the
public health; and

WHEREAS, Since Fiscal Year 1956, State distributions to and subdivision
allocations for local health services have been based on the "Case formula" (named after
Richard Case); and

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