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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-21A-02" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="21A" subtitle_name="State Brain Injury Trust Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Brain Injury Trust Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The purpose of the Fund is to assist in the provision of the following services to eligible individuals who have sustained brain injuries:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Individual case management services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Neuropsychological evaluation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Fund may be used to support:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Prevention, education, and awareness programs;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Rehabilitation services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Medical services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Durable medical equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Assistive technology assessment and equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Services to assist in the return to driving;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Evaluation and training related to the brain injury;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Neurobehavioral health services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Nursing home transition services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>Community reentry services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>Educational needs;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Housing and residential services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Transportation services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary or the Secretary’s designee 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 consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Investment 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 to provide funding for the purpose described in subsection (b) of this section.</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 investment earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Money expended from the Fund to support services to individuals with brain injuries is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that would otherwise be appropriated for those services.</text>
  </level>
</section>
