§ 20-1407. Health Equity Resource Community Reserve Fund
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: July 1, 2022
Effective: July 1, 2022
MD Code, Health - General, § 20-1407
§ 20-1407. Health Equity Resource Community Reserve Fund
(b) The purpose of the Fund is to:
(1) Support areas designated by the Commission as Health Equity Resource Communities by providing grants to community-based organizations, nonprofit hospitals, institutions of higher education, federally qualified health centers, local government agencies, health care practitioners, and community health workers to facilitate reduction of health disparities, improve health outcomes, provide drug treatment and rehabilitation, and reduce health costs and hospital admissions and readmissions in specific areas of the State; and
(d)(1) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(e) The Fund consists of:
(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Fund may be used only to provide funding to the Commission for the support of areas designated as Health Equity Resource Communities by providing grants to community-based organizations, nonprofit hospitals, institutions of higher education, local government agencies, health care practitioners, federally qualified health centers, and community health workers to reduce health disparities, improve health outcomes, provide addiction and mental health services, and reduce health costs and hospital admissions and readmissions.
(g)(1) The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.
(h) Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.
Credits
Added by Acts 2021, c. 741, § 2, eff. May 30, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 742, § 2, eff. May 30, 2021. Amended by Acts 2022, c. 376, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 377, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.
MD Code, Health - General, § 20-1407, MD HEALTH GEN § 20-1407
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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