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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4105" 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 Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall use revenue from the Fund to pay a nonprofit training entity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Revenue from the Fund may be used only to pay:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A nonprofit training entity; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Administrative costs of the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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="f">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Revenue collected by the Department in the form of donations to the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money appropriated in the State budget to 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="g">
    <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="h">
    <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the General Fund of the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Money expended from the Fund is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that otherwise would be appropriated for the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
