Ch. 646                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) The number of individuals who left and entered State residential
centers during the previous year;

(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 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:

(i) Dividing the mental hygiene facility's appropriation by the daily
average census reported in the mental hygiene facility's annual operating budget for the
last full year the individual was served in the mental hygiene facility prorated over the
number of months the individual is served in the community; and

(ii) Subtracting the following:

1. The average annual itemized expenses associated with
institutional services and administrative overhead costs that are demonstrated to be
directly attributable to serving individuals remaining in the mental hygiene facility;

2.       The cost for new admissions certified in accordance with the
provisions of Subtitle 6 of this title; and

3.       The cost for court-ordered commitments.

(b)     If a facility operated by the Mental Hygiene Administration is downsized such
that the net resident population declines:

(1)     State general funds may be appropriated as necessary, in advance, to
assist in the downsizing; and

(2)     Any funds in the Mental Hygiene Community-Based Services Fund:
(i) May not supplant resources for existing community services; and

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