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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-1502" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide reimbursement for costs associated with educating, training, certifying, recruiting, placing, and retaining behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing Fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Fund shall consist of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Interest earnings of the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Fund may be used only for carrying out the purpose of the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Money expended from the Fund for carrying out the purpose of the Fund is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that otherwise would be appropriated for carrying out the purpose of the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part of the Fund may revert or be credited to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The General Fund of the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any other special fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Fund is subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits as provided in § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
