Ch. 369 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

OFFERS THE MOTHER ADMISSION INTO A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM UNDER
THIS SUBSECTION WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD AND THE
MOTHER:

(I) DOES NOT ACCEPT ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM OR ITS
EQUIVALENT WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER THE OFFER IS MADE; OR

(II) FAILS TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM OR ITS

EQUIVALENT.

[(b)] (C) If a report has been made to the State's Attorney's office under §
5-706(i) of this subtitle and the State's Attorney's office is not satisfied with the
recommendation of the local department, the State's Attorney's office may petition the
court, at the time of the report by the representative, to remove the child, if the State's
Attorney concludes that the child is in serious physical danger and that an emergency
exists.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That this Act is contingent on
the inclusion in the operating budget of $1,700,000 for drug abuse treatment for mothers
of children born drug exposed.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to the
provisions of Section 2 of this Act, this Act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 369
(Senate Bill 515)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Sinai Hospital

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $900,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Sinai Hospital, Inc. for
certain acquisition, development, or improvement purposes; providing for
disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee
provide and expend a matching fund; prohibiting the use of the funds for sectarian
religious purposes; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds
evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Baltimore City
- Sinai Hospital Loan of 1997 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i)
$900,000 or (ii) the amount of the matching fund provided in accordance with Section
1(5) below. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale, and delivery of State

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