Md. Code, Health - General § 20-1007
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§20–1007.
Official statutory text
(a) For fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Office in an amount that is at least $1,788,314 or 0.012% of the total funds appropriated to the Department in that fiscal year, whichever is greater.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Office supplement the funding for the Office provided under subsection (a) of this section with funding from federal and special funding sources.
(c) On or before October 1 each year, the Office shall report to the House Health and Government Operations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the following information from the immediately preceding fiscal year:
(1) The Office’s efforts to obtain funding described under subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) The amount of funding from federal and special funding sources the Office received.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Office supplement the funding for the Office provided under subsection (a) of this section with funding from federal and special funding sources.
(c) On or before October 1 each year, the Office shall report to the House Health and Government Operations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the following information from the immediately preceding fiscal year:
(1) The Office’s efforts to obtain funding described under subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) The amount of funding from federal and special funding sources the Office received.
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