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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4102" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="41" subtitle_name="Maryland Children's Service Animal Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Maryland Children’s Service Animal Program in the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purposes of the Program are to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Refer eligible children who may benefit from participation in the Program to one or more nonprofit training entities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide additional funding mechanisms to assist children participating in the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Expand treatment of children with a history of trauma or post–traumatic stress disorder or with a developmental disability and special health care need under Title V of the Social Security Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
