Ch. 504

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing

Chapter 593 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993

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

Article - Health - General

SUBTITLE 3. LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES FUNDING.

2-301.

THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE STATE BUDGET, BEGINNING WITH
FISCAL YEAR 1997, AT A MINIMUM, SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR LOCAL HEALTH
SERVICES AS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBTITLE.

2-302.

(A)    THE FUNDING REQUIRED IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR LOCAL HEALTH
SERVICES, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIAL FUND AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS, SHALL BE
AT LEAST THE AMOUNT SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.

(B)     THE FUNDING SHALL BE:

(1) $43.0 $41.0 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997; AND

(2) $47.0 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998; AND

(3) (2) FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 1998 AND EACH SUBSEQUENT FISCAL
YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 1997 ADJUSTED FOR:

(I)      INFLATION, AS MEASURED BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX -
ALL URBAN CONSUMERS FOR THE SECOND PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR, CALCULATED
BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; AND

(II)     POPULATION GROWTH, AS MEASURED BY THE GROWTH IN
THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR THE SECOND
PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT STATISTICS AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(C)     (1) FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997, NO SUBDIVISION MAY RECEIVE LESS STATE
FUNDING FOR LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION THAN THAT
SUBDIVISION RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 1996.

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