Ch. 428

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE UNDER TITLE IV-E OF
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT ARE REDUCED BECAUSE THE PERCENTAGE OF
RESIDENTIAL CARE COSTS ALLOCATED TO TITLE IV-E IS REDUCED, THE GOVERNOR
SHALL ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION TO PREVENT ANY RESULTING LOSS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE.

(3) THE ADJUSTMENT OF FUNDS UNDER PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE BASED ON DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF TITLE IV-E
REIMBURSEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PRIOR TO
OCTOBER 1, 2003 USING THE CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL CARE COSTS
THAT IS ALLOCATED TO TITLE IV-E.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene shall monitor the status of the application for a waiver
amendment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services applied for in
accordance with § 15-136 of the Health - General Article as enacted by Section 1 of
this Act. The Department, within 5 working days of the date of the approval or denial
of the waiver amendment, shall notify the Department of Legislative Services, in
writing, at 90 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401. If the waiver amendment is
denied by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, at the end of the date on
which the Department of Legislative Services receives notice of the denial, with no
further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall be abrogated and of no
further force and effect.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 429
(House Bill 424)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City - Condemnation - Immediate Possession and Title -

Distressed Property

FOR the purpose of authorizing certain proceedings for the condemnation and
immediate taking of certain properties in Baltimore City; clarifying that
Baltimore City shall assure that an owner-occupant or tenant who is displaced
under this Act is offered certain assistance and payments under certain
circumstances; requiring a court to dismiss a certain condemnation petition if an
owner of distressed property satisfies certain liens before the court vests title to
the distressed property under certain circumstances; granting exclusive original
civil jurisdiction of a certain condemnation proceeding to the District Court in
certain circumstances; defining a certain term; making stylistic changes; and

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