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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-240" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Aid to Education">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Governor shall appropriate in the annual budget $6,500,000 to the Department for the purpose of providing grants to maintain or establish school–based health centers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Department shall designate a primary contact employee for school–based health centers.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Department’s primary contact employee shall:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Assist individuals involved in school–based health centers who interact with the Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Provide technical assistance to support the establishment and expansion of school–based health centers; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Coordinate the Department’s efforts with those of the Maryland Department of Health and other government agencies to build a robust network of school–based health centers in the State.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Maryland Department of Health shall designate a primary contact employee for school–based health centers.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Maryland Department of Health’s primary contact employee shall:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Assist individuals involved in school–based health centers who interact with the Maryland Department of Health;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Provide technical assistance to support the establishment and expansion of school–based health centers; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Coordinate the Maryland Department of Health’s efforts with those of the Department and other government agencies to build a robust network of school–based health centers in the State.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2020.</text>
  </level>
</section>
