2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 2-302 - Amount of funding

§2-302.

(a) The funding required in the State budget for local health services, exclusive of special fund and federal appropriations, shall be at least the amount set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) The funding shall be:

(1) $37,283,484 in each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012, to be distributed as follows:

(i) Allegany County$908,719;

(ii) Anne Arundel County$3,141,951;

(iii) Baltimore City$6,675,053;

(iv) Baltimore County$4,302,255;

(v) Calvert County$369,812;

(vi) Caroline County$538,253;

(vii) Carroll County$1,231,995;

(viii) Cecil County$806,392;

(ix) Charles County$994,528;

(x) Dorchester County$428,709;

(xi) Frederick County$1,512,159;

(xii) Garrett County$437,403;

(xiii) Harford County$1,737,473;

(xiv) Howard County$1,215,070;

(xv) Kent County$335,941;

(xvi) Montgomery County$3,014,680;

(xvii) Prince George’s County$5,007,057;

(xviii) Queen Anne’s County$417,744;

(xix) St. Mary’s County$808,576;

(xx) Somerset County$429,385;

(xxi) Talbot County$328,705;

(xxii) Washington County$1,381,306;

(xxiii) Wicomico County$947,374; and

(xxiv) Worcester County$312,944; and

(2) For fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent fiscal year, $37,283,484 adjusted for:

(i) Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (All Urban Consumers), for the second preceding fiscal year, calculated by the U.S. Department of Commerce; and

(ii) Population growth, as measured by the growth in the total population of the State of Maryland for the second preceding fiscal year, according to the most recent statistics available through the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(c) For fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent fiscal year, no subdivision may receive less State funding for local health services under this section than that subdivision received in fiscal year 2012.

(d) The Secretary shall, in consultation with local health department directors, adopt regulations to guide the distribution of the funding required under this section. The regulations shall give consideration to appropriate measures of community health need, local funding effort, and other relevant factors.