Ch. 593                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iv) For the reports due July 1, 1998 and July 1, 1999, respectively, a set of
recommendations for changes to State law regarding such projects that are based on measures

of:

1. Relative speed of entry into employment;

2. Cost savings to the State and employers; and

3. Employer willingness to provide employment opportunities to
FIP recipients.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions of Article 88A.
§ 47(d) of the Code, as enacted by this Act, shall remain effective for a period of two years,
and at the end of June 30, 1999, with no further action required by the General Assembly,
those changes shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

SECTION 14. 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a) In the budget submitted to the 1998 Session of the General Assembly, the
Governor shall include a General Fund appropriation to the Dedicated Purpose Account for
the Purchase of Child Care Program equivalent to the amount by which the legislative
appropriations from the General Fluid for the Purchase of Child Care Program exceeds actual
expenditures for that program in Fiscal Year 1997.

(b) In the budget submitted to the 1999 Session of the General Assembly, the
Governor shall include a General Fund appropriation to the Dedicated Purpose Account for
the Purchase of Child Care Program equivalent to the amount by which the legislative
appropriations from the General Fund for the Purchase of Child Care Program exceeds actual
expenditures for that program in Fiscal Year 1998.

SECTION 15. 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Human Resources, in consultation with participating providers, including managed care
organizations, shall develop for use by appropriate providers a standard substance abuse
identification form and a substance abuse treatment form for the reporting of provider
identification and treatment of substance abuse by adult and minor parent recipients to the
appropriate local department of social services.

SECTION 16. 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a participating managed
care organization shall provide a copy of the substance abuse identification form and
substance abuse treatment form to a participating provider at the outset of the participating
provider agreement.

SECTION 17. 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene shall report quarterly, subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government
Article, to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Committee on the
status of Family Investment Program recipients referred to substance abuse treatment as a
result of this Act.

SECTION 11. 18. 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 6 of this
Act shall take effect June 1, 1997.

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