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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 18
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Medical Group under §§ 13-1114 through 13-1119 of the Health - General Article until
the following entities enter into and submit to the Department a Memorandum of
Understanding regarding the procedures for expenditure of any grant funds: (1) the
University of Maryland, Baltimore; (2) the University of Maryland School of Medicine;
(3) and the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation.
SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the Governor include funds in the State budget for fiscal year
2002 that are specifically allocated for the purpose of implementing any plan
developed under §§ 13-1109(e) and 13-1114(d) of the Health - General Article as to
how the expertise of the statewide academic health centers will be used to assist the
community health coalitions in Montgomery County and Prince George's County in
enhancing the capacity for cancer screening and treatment at one or more major
community hospitals in Montgomery County and Prince George's County.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, in addition to the
requirements of § 13-1005(e)(3) of the Health - General Article, which requires that the
Department use at least $750,000 of the money that is allocated to the Statewide Public
Health Component of the Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program in fiscal
year 2001 to provide outreach and start-up technical assistance to African American
communities in the State for the purpose of organizing participation in community
health coalitions that are formed under 13-1108(b), § 13-1109(c), or § 13-1115(b) of
the Health - General Article, an additional $750,000 is included in Supplemental
Budget No. 2 of the fiscal year 2001 State budget for this same purpose.
SECTION 3 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene shall conduct a study to determine whether all screening
programs that are funded through grants that are distributed under the Cancer
Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program created under this Act
provide necessary treatment for uninsured individuals, as defined in § 13-1101 of the
Health - General Article, who are diagnosed with a targeted or non-targeted cancer
as a result of the screening programs. In conducting the study, the Department shall:
(1) identify the number of uninsured individuals who have participated in the
screening programs; (2) identify the number of uninsured individuals who have been
diagnosed with a targeted or non-targeted cancer as a result of the screening
programs; (3) identify the type of treatment that was received by uninsured
individuals who were diagnosed with a targeted or non-targeted cancer as a result of
the screening programs; and (4) determine the financial impact of treating these
uninsured individuals on hospitals, community clinics, physicians, and other health
care providers. The Department shall submit a report on its findings to the Governor
and, subject to § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly
within 1 year after the date that the Department approved approves or disapproves
all of the Comprehensive Plans for Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and
Treatment submitted to the Department under this Act by local health departments,
medical institutions statewide academic health centers, or other persons designated
by the Department. Any local health department, medical institution statewide
academic health center, or other person who receives money to fund a screening
program through a grant that is distributed under the Cancer Prevention, Education,
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