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PARRIS N: GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 312
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coordinating council to advise and assist the local lead agency in the development and
implementation of policies that constitute the local [early intervention system]
PROGRAM.
(2) (i) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners,
as appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor may designate the local management
board to serve as the local interagency coordinating council or establish the local
interagency coordinating council as a part of that board.
(ii) Where a local management board and a local interagency
coordinating council coexist, they shall work cooperatively.
(H) (1) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004, THE ANNUAL PER CHILD COST OF THE
PROGRAM IS $4,044.
(2) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 AND EACH SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR, THE
ANNUAL PER CHILD COST OF THE PROGRAM SHALL BE THE AMOUNT IN SUBSECTION
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION INCREASED BY THE SAME PERCENTAGE
AS THE INCREASE IN THE IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR FOR STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, AS OF JULY OF THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR
PRECEDING THE YEAR FOR WHICH THE AMOUNT IS BEING CALCULATED.
(3) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION, FOR FISCAL YEAR
2004 AND EACH SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DISTRIBUTE A
GRANT TO THE LOCAL LEAD AGENCY FOR THE PROGRAM IN EACH COUNTY IN AN
AMOUNT AT LEAST EQUAL TO 20% OF THE PRODUCT OF;
(I) THE ANNUAL PER CHILD COST; AND
(II) THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY WHO RECEIVED
SERVICES UNDER THE PROGRAM IN THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THE
YEAR FOR WHICH THE AMOUNT IS BEING CALCULATED,
(4) (I) THE FUNDING FORMULA PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDS ARE
PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE GRANTS UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION.
(II) PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT REQUIRE
FUNDS FOR THE GRANTS UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE STATE BUDGET.
(3) SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM IN
THE STATE BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DISTRIBUTE A GRANT TO THE LOCAL
LEAD AGENCY FOR THE PROGRAM IN EACH COUNTY IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
PRODUCT OF:
(I) THE ANNUAL PER CHILD COST MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER
OF CHILDREN IN THE COUNTY WHO RECEIVED SERVICES UNDER THE PROGRAM IN
THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR FOR WHICH THE AMOUNT IS
BEING CALCULATED; AND
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