PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 675

(2)     THE TRUST FUND SHALL BE INVESTED AND REINVESTED IN THE
SAME MANNER AS OTHER STATE FUNDS AND ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS OF THE
TRUST FUND SHALL BE PAID INTO THE TRUST FUND.

(3)     THE STATE TREASURER SHALL DEPOSIT FUNDS INTO THE TWO
ACCOUNTS OF THE TRUST FUND IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF
THIS SECTION.

(G) (1) THE TRUST FUND IS A CONTINUING, NONLAPSING FUND AND IS NOT
SUBJECT TO § 7-302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE.

(2) NO PART OF THE TRUST FUND MAY REVERT OR BE CREDITED TO
THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE

Article - Health - General

7-206.

(a)     (1) There is a continuing, nonlapsing Waiting List Equity Fund in the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(2) The purpose of the Waiting List Equity Fund is to ensure that:

(i) When individuals leave State residential centers, the net average
cost of serving them in the State residential center, as defined in subsection (d)(2) of this
section, shall follow them to community-based services; and

(ii) Any funds remaining after the individuals leaving State residential
centers are served, are used to provide community-based services to individuals eligible
for, but not receiving, the community-based services listed in subsection (c) of this
section.

(b)     Subject to the appropriation process in the annual operating budget, the
Department shall use the Waiting List Equity Fund for:

(1)     Providing community-based services to each individual who leaves a
State residential center on or after October 1, 1994; and

(2)     Providing community-based services to individuals eligible for, but not
receiving, services from the Developmental Disabilities Administration, with the funds
remaining after each individual who leaves a State residential center on or after October
1, 1994 is served in the community.

(c)     For individuals eligible for, but not receiving, services from the
Developmental Disabilities Administration in the Department, the Waiting List Equity
Fund shall be used to provide:

(1)     Individualized supported living arrangements services;

(2)     Respite care;

(3)     Individual and family support services;

(4)     Supported employment; and

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