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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-1503" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Behavioral Health Workforce Investment Fund">
  <text>On or before December 1 each year, beginning in 2024, the Department shall submit a report to the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, that includes:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>For the immediately preceding fiscal year, the amount of funds transferred and distributed from the Fund in accordance with § 10–1502 of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>For the immediately preceding fiscal year, the number of behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals educated, trained, recruited, certified, placed, or retained with money from the Fund, aggregated by:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The type of professional or paraprofessional;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Geographic region;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Race; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>Ethnicity;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The amount of any unspent funds in the Fund at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>If unspent funds are identified under item (3) of this section, the reasons why the funds were not spent.</text>
  </level>
</section>
