Maryland Health - General Section 13-2206

      (a)      In fiscal year 2007, the Governor shall include in the State budget an appropriation in the amount of $225,000 for the Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative.

      (b)      In each fiscal year beginning with fiscal 2008, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill submitted to the General Assembly a General Fund appropriation for the Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative in an amount not less than the amount of the General Fund appropriation for the Initiative as approved in the State budget as enacted by the General Assembly for the prior fiscal year, increased by not less than the percentage by which the projected total General Fund revenues for the upcoming fiscal year exceed the revised estimate of total General Fund revenues for the current fiscal year, as contained in the report of the estimated State revenues submitted by the Board of Revenue Estimates to the Governor under § 6-106(b) of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

      (c)      The Office of Legislative Audits shall audit the accounts and transactions of the Child Abuse and Neglect Centers of Excellence Initiative in accordance with §§ 2-1220 through 2-1227 of the State Government Article.