ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 203

(i) One-half of the amount [of money that is allocated]
REMAINING FROM THE ALLOCATION to the Local Public Health Component in the
State budget AFTER THE BASE AMOUNT UNDER ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION IS
DISTRIBUTED TO EACH COUNTY; and

(ii) The number of individuals in the county who have any of the
targeted cancers divided by the number of individuals in the State residing outside of
Baltimore City who have any of the targeted cancers; and

[(2)] (3) The product of:

(i) One-half of the amount [of money that is allocated]
REMAINING FROM THE ALLOCATION to the Local Public Health Component in the
State budget AFTER THE BASE AMOUNT UNDER ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION IS
DISTRIBUTED TO EACH COUNTY; and

(ii) The number of individuals in the county who died from any of
the targeted cancers during the prior year divided by the number of individuals in the
State residing outside of Baltimore City who died from any of the targeted cancers
during the prior year.

(D)     BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2004, THE CALCULATIONS REQUIRED IN
SUBSECTION (B)(2)(II) AND (3)(II) OF THIS SECTION OF THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS
HAVING ANY OF THE TARGETED CANCERS OR WHO DIED FROM ANY OF THE
TARGETED CANCERS SHALL BE BASED ON THE MOST RECENT DATA AVERAGED OVER
A MULTIYEAR PERIOD AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(E)     THE ALLOCATION FORMULA CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING 3 YEARS AND THEREAFTER BE RECALCULATED EVERY 4TH
YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

13-1303.

(d) (2) The Office of Legislative Audits shall audit the accounts and
transactions of the Governor's Wellmobile Program [annually] in accordance with §§
2-1220 through 2-1227 of the State Government Article.

15-103.3.

(c) (1) (I) [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH,
THE Fund shall be used exclusively for the provider reimbursement budget under the
HealthChoice Program, including providing financial incentives designed to improve
the quality of care to managed care organizations that exceed performance targets.

(II) FOR FISCAL YEARS 2004 THROUGH 2006, THE FUND SHALL BE
USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE MARYLAND MEDBANK PROGRAM
MEDBANK OF MARYLAND, INC.

(III) THE GRANT TO THE MARYLAND MEDBANK PROGRAM MEDBANK
OF MARYLAND, INC. UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT EXCEED:

1. $2,000,000 $1,200,000 IN FISCAL 2004;
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