INDEX

Chapter

Page

Aging, Department of - -

118

1171
1363
1430

Home and community based services, waiver amendment to
receive federal matching funds for individuals who require
services provided by a nursing facility, and administration of
services, provisions added .............................................................

126

1546

Nursing Facilities, Task Force on Quality of Care in, established;
comparative evaluation of nursing facility quality of care and
performance, requirements added; payments for reserving beds
in nursing homes for medical assistance recipients, provisions

382

383

2561
2570

Agriculture —

SEE ALSO Farmland

Agricultural Commission, appropriation to.....................................

118

1221

Agricultural district, petition by landowner on behalf of contract
purchaser to establish, and offer by contract purchaser to sell
easement on agricultural land to Maryland Agricultural Land

653

613

Agricultural Fair Board -

Annual grant increased................................................................

321
118

2332
1223

Agricultural land preservation easements, ranking by counties of

applications to sell, provisions added.................................................

Agricultural Statistics Services, appropriation to............................

421
118

2736
1222

Allegany County Agricultural Expo and Fairgrounds, bond funds
for....................................................................................................

175
216

1747
1900

Animal Waste Technology Fund -

Capital appropriation to ................................................................

118

1314

Eligibility of projects to add phytase or other similar enzyme to

chicken feed, provisions added...................................................

686

3767

Carroll County -

Agricultural Center, bond funds for.........................................

Agricultural Loan of 1997, matching fund deadline extended ...

581
496

3351
3038

Cigarette Restitution Fund, established for tobacco settlement
payments received by the State; expenditure requirements
added, including expenditures to implement alternative crop
uses for land currently used for growing tobacco ........................

172

173

1738
1742

Dairy Farm Nutrient and Business Management Program,
established; Dairy Advisory Team Program, requirements added
Egg inspection, grading and grain, appropriation for............

474
118

2949
1222

Extraction of sand and gravel from land in an agricultural district,
Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation authorized to

establish pilot program report required............................................

Melwood Horticultural Training Center, bond funds for ................

576
43
180

3333
426
1767

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