PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 13

at such agency, program or unit levels or categories as may be determined appropriate
after consultation with the Department of Fiscal Services. A statement of major
assumptions underlying the forecast shall also be provided.

SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That immediately following
the close of FY 1996. the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning shall determine the
total number of full-time equivalent positions that are authorized as of the last day of
fiscal 1996 and on the first day of fiscal 1997. Authorized positions shall include all
positions authorized by the General Assembly in the personnel detail of the budgets for
fiscal 1996 and 1997 including nonbudgetary programs, the Mass Transit Administration.
the University of Maryland self-supported activities, and the State Use Industries.

SECTION 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That executive budget books
shall include a summary statement of federal revenues by major federal program source
supporting the federal appropriations made therein along with the major assumptions
underpinning the federal fund estimates. In addition, the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning shall provide to the Department of Fiscal Services data for the actual,
current, and budget years listing the components of each federal fund appropriation by
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance number or equivalent detail for programs not
in the catalogue. Data shall be provided in an electronic format subject to the
concurrence of the Department of Fiscal Services.

SECTION 24. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Department of
Budget and Fiscal Planning shall provide an annual report on indirect costs to the Joint
Budget and Audit Committee. The report should assess available information on the
timeliness, completeness and deposit history of indirect cost recoveries by State agencies.

SECTION 25. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(1)     The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall maintain the accounting
systems necessary to determine the extent to which funds appropriated for FY 1996 in
program 32.17.01.03 Medical Care Provider Reimbursements have been disbursed for
services provided in that fiscal year and shall prepare and submit the periodic reports
required under this section for that program;

(2)     The Superintendent of Education shall maintain the accounting systems
necessary to determine the extent to which funds appropriated for FY 1996 to program
36.01.02.07 Students With Disabilities for Non-Public Placements have been disbursed
for service provided in that fiscal year and to prepare periodic reports as required under
this section for that program;

(3)     For the programs specified, reports shall indicate total appropriations for FY
1996 and total disbursements for services provided during that fiscal year up through the
last day of the second month preceding the date on which the report is to be submitted
and a comparison to data applicable to those periods in the preceding fiscal year;

(4)     Reports shall be submitted to the budget committees, the Department of
Fiscal Services, the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning, and the Comptroller on
November 1. 1996, March 1, 1997, and June 1, 1997; and

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