Senate Bill 189, January 23, 2004

SENATE BILL 189 41Ю082 CF 41 Ю 1 45 By: The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Astle, Brinkley, Conway, Currie, Garagiola, Giannetti, Greenip, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hogan, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Munson, Pipkin, Stoltzfus, and Teitelbaum Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2004 Assigned to: Budget and Taxation and Finance A BILL ENTITLED 1 AN ACT concerning 2 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Federally Qualified Health 3 Centers Grant Program 4 FOR the purpose of creating the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program; 5 authorizing the Board of Public Works, on the recommendation of the Secretary 6 of Health and Mental Hygiene, to provide grants under the Program to counties, 7 municipal corporations, and nonprofit corporations for the conversion of public 8 buildings to Federally Qualified Health Centers facilities, the acquisition of 9 existing buildings or parts of buildings for use as Federally Qualified Health 10 Centers, the renovation of Federally Qualified Health Centers, the purchase of 11 capital equipment for Federally Qualified Health Centers, and the planning, 12 design, and construction of Federally Qualified Health Centers; requiring the 13 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make certain recommendations; 14 providing for the application process; authorizing the Board of Public Works to 15 adopt certain regulations; providing certain terms, conditions, and limitations 16 on the allocations, use, and amount of State grants; prohibiting proceeds of a 17 grant from being used for certain religious purposes; authorizing the State, 18 under certain circumstances, to recover a certain portion of the State funds 19 expended; providing for a certain judicial proceeding and liens to enforce the 20 State’s right of recovery and the priority of the proceeding and the lien; 21 requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; defining certain terms; 22 and generally relating to grants for Federally Qualified Health Centers. 23 BY adding to 24 Article - Health - General 25 Section 24-1101 through 24-1107, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle 26 “Subtitle 11. Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program” 27 Annotated Code of Maryland 28 (2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement) EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.