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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4505" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="45" subtitle_name="Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Cannabis Public Health Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide funding to address the health effects associated with the legalization of adult–use cannabis.</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 consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Revenue distributed to the Fund based on revenues from adult–use cannabis;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Revenue distributed to the Fund in accordance with § 2–1302.2 of the Tax – General Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Supporting the Advisory Council in performing its duties;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Supporting data collection and research on the effects of cannabis legalization in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Providing funding for education and public awareness campaigns related to cannabis use, including funding for educational programs to be used in schools;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Supporting substance use disorder counseling and treatment for individuals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Training and equipment for law enforcement to recognize impairments due to cannabis; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Purchasing technology proven to be effective at measuring cannabis levels in drivers.</text>
    </level>
  </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>
</section>
