§ 20-1406. Financial assistance for Health Equity Resource Community
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: May 30, 2021
Effective: May 30, 2021
MD Code, Health - General, § 20-1406
§ 20-1406. Financial assistance for Health Equity Resource Community
(a) Health care practitioners and community health workers that practice in a Health Equity Resource Community may receive loan repayment assistance, as provided for in the application for designation for the Health Equity Resource Community and approved by the Commission under this subtitle.
(b)(1) A health care practitioner or community health worker may apply to the Commission for a grant to defray the costs of capital or leasehold improvements to, or medical or dental equipment to be used in, a Health Equity Resource Community.
(c)(1) A nonprofit community-based organization, a nonprofit hospital, an institution of higher education, a federally qualified health center, or a local government agency that receives approval of an application submitted under § 20-1403 of this subtitle may submit an application, on its own behalf, to receive grants for capital or leasehold improvements, as determined by the Commission, for the purposes described under subsection (b)(3)(ii) of this section.
(2) Subject to § 20-1408(a)(2) of this subtitle, the term of any grant awarded to a nonprofit community-based organization, a nonprofit hospital, an institution of higher education, a federally qualified health center, or a local government agency for capital or leasehold improvements shall have a term of 5 years, and may be renewed in accordance with an application approved by the Commission.
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Added by Acts 2021, c. 741, § 2, eff. May 30, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 742, § 2, eff. May 30, 2021.
MD Code, Health - General, § 20-1406, MD HEALTH GEN § 20-1406
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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