2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 15-125 - Program for crippled children

§15-125.

(a) The Department is the agency of this State:

(1) To administer a program of services for children who are crippled or who have conditions that lead to crippling; and

(2) To supervise the administration of the program services that the Department does not provide directly.

(b) The purposes of this program are:

(1) To develop, extend, and improve services for finding these children;

(2) To provide medical, surgical, corrective, and other services and care; and

(3) To provide facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization, and aftercare.

(c) The Department may:

(1) Prepare and administer detailed plans for these purposes;

(2) Adopt rules and regulations for administering these plans;

(3) Receive and, in accordance with these plans, spend all funds made available to the Department for these purposes; and

(4) Cooperate with the federal government in extending and improving these services and in administering these plans.