Ch. 390

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 390
(House Bill 981)

AN ACT concerning

Health and Human Services Referral System

FOR the purpose of establishing the Health and Human Services Referral Board in
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; providing for the membership,
tenure, chairperson, and staff of the Board; providing oversight for certain pilot
programs; requiring the Board to make certain determinations; requiring
certain reports at certain times; providing that funding for the Board is subject
to the availability of appropriated funds; defining certain terms; and generally
relating to the Health and Human Services Referral System.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 24-1101 through 24-1104 24-1105, inclusive, to be under the new

subtitle "Subtitle 11. Health and Human Services Referral System"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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SUBTITLE 11. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFERRAL SYSTEM.
24-1101.

(A)     IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)     "BOARD" MEANS THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFERRAL BOARD.

(C)     "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFERRAL SYSTEM" MEANS TELEPHONE
SERVICE THAT AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTS AN INDIVIDUAL DIALING THE DIGITS
2-1-1 TO AN ESTABLISHED INFORMATION AND REFERRAL ANSWERING POINT.

(D)     (1) "PILOT PROGRAM" MEANS ONE OF FOUR SELF-FUNDED PILOT
PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2004, BY A TASK FORCE DESIGNATED
BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION THAT INCLUDES THE
MARYLAND STATE ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS, THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL
MARYLAND, THE ALLIANCE OF INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SYSTEMS, AND LOCAL
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

(2) "PILOT PROGRAM" INCLUDES:

(I) COMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES, INC.;

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