Ch. 675                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) Any funds in the Mental Hygiene Community-Based Services Fund:
(i) May not supplant resources for existing community services; and
(ii) Shall be used to meet the needs of:

1.       Individuals leaving facilities to enter community-based
services; and

2.       Individuals who are identified but not yet provided with
community-based services.

(c)     The Secretary shall adopt regulations for the management and use of the
money in the Mental Hygiene Community-Based Services Fund.

(d)     On or before January 1 of each year, the Secretary shall prepare a report to be
submitted to the General Assembly and the Department of Fiscal Services on the Mental
Hygiene Community-Based Services Fund.

(e)     Any unspent portions of the Mental Hygiene Community-Based Services
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 Mental
Hygiene Community-Based Services Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this
section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Chapter 401 of the Acts of 1994

[SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor should
include in the annual Budget Bill a proposed General Fund appropriation to the Waiting
List Equity Fund and the Community-based Services Fund, as appropriate, the total
amount of all proceeds from the sale of property and equipment assets resulting from the
closure of a Developmental Disabilities Administration facility or a mental hygiene
facility. If the annual Budget Bill does not include a proposed General Fund
appropriation equal to or greater than the amount of all proceeds from the sale of
property and equipment assets resulting from the closure of the appropriate facilities, the
Governor shall report to the General Assembly, subject to § 2-1312 of the State
Government Article, as to why the proposed General Fund appropriation was less than
the total amount of the proceeds.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994. [It shall remain effective for a period of 4 years and, at the end of
September 30, 1998, with no further action required by the General Assembly; this Act
shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor shall include
in the annual Budget Bill a General Fund appropriation from the Waiting List Equity
Fund and the Community-Based Services Fund, as appropriate, for the purpose of
serving individuals on the waiting lists for services from the Developmental Disabilities
Administration and the Mental Hygiene Administration.

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