Ch. 13

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

All appropriations provided for the program -
32.17.01.03 are to be used only for the
purposes herein appropriated, and there
shall be no budgetary transfer to any other
program or purpose., except that general
funds may be transferred to the Subcabinet
Fund for the purpose of assisting Local
Management Boards in returning or
diverting children from out-of-state
placements. It is the intent of the General
Assembly that funds travel with each child
returned or diverted from a Medicaid
funded out-of-state placement in fiscal
1996 and fiscal 1997. Funds transferred
should be equivalent to the number of days
of instate care provided to each child
returned or diverted from a Medicaid
funded out-of-state placement by Local
Management Boards during fiscal 1997
multiplied by the average per-diem general
fund Medical Assistance cost of maintaining
the child in an out-of-state placement.
Funds should not be transferred if the
in-state placement qualifies for federal
Medical Assistance funding with the
exception of any general fund savings
generated by returning the child to an
instate placement.,—except that general
funds may be transferred to the Subcabinet
Fund for the purpose of assisting Local
Management Boards in returning children
from out-of-state placements. It is the
intent of the General Assembly that funds
travel with each child returned from an
out of state placement in fiscal 1996 and
fiscal 1997. Funds transferred should be
equivalent to the number of months of
in state care provided to each returnee
through the Local Management Board
during fiscal 1997 multiplied by the average
monthly general fund Medical Assistance
cost of maintaining the child in the
out of state placement. Funds should not
be transferred if the in state placement
qualifies for federal Medical Assistance
funding.
Further, it is the intent of the General

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