Ch. 476                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

County under certain circumstances; requiring the State to provide payment for
State accrued leave for certain employees; requiring the State to pay certain
judgments awarded against Montgomery County that arise from certain suits
relating to the administration of certain State programs; requiring the Secretary of
Human Resources and the County Executive to consult with each other; altering
certain duties of the health officer in Montgomery County; transferring certain
duties of the health officer in Montgomery County to the Montgomery County
government; authorizing health care providers to disclose certain medical records
within the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services for the
purpose of the coordination of services and record retention; applying certain
confidentiality laws to the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human
Services under certain circumstances; authorizing the county attorney for
Montgomery County to represent the Montgomery County Department of Health
and Human Services in contested cases under certain circumstances; applying
certain activities of Montgomery County government to the contested case
provisions of the State Administrative Procedure Act; requiring the Office of the
Attorney General, after consultation with the county attorney for Montgomery
County, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to determine the
applicability of the State Administrative Procedure Act to certain activities of the
Montgomery County government; applying certain activities of the Montgomery
County government to the Maryland Tort Claims Act under certain circumstances;
altering provisions of the Maryland Public Ethics Law to provide that county
employees of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
are subject only to the Montgomery County Public Ethics Law; defining certain
terms as applied to Montgomery County; abolishing the State merit system status of
employees of the Montgomery County Department of Social Services; transferring
certain State employees to the Montgomery County government; establishing
certain benefits and rights for certain employees; establishing certain retirement
and pension benefits and rights for certain employees under certain circumstances;
providing for certain benefits for certain employees upon retirement; providing for the
construction of this Act; requiring that certain employees be entitled to reinstatement
to State service by a certain date; requiring the State to provide legal defense for the
State and State employees for certain causes of action that accrue by a certain date;
requiring State liability for certain causes of action; and generally relating to the
transfer of duties and employees of the local health department and local
department of social services in Montgomery County to the Montgomery County
government.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 255B(a)(4)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 29—Washington Suburban Sanitary District
Section 5-102(c)

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