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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-4704" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="47" subtitle_name="Abortion Care Clinical Training Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall contract with a coordinating organization to administer the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department shall use funds appropriated in the budget for the Program to contract with the coordinating organization under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The coordinating organization shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Have demonstrated experience in coordinating abortion care training programs at community–based and hospital–based provider sites;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be a nonprofit entity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Be in good standing in any state or jurisdiction in which the organization is registered or incorporated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Submit an annual report to the Department on the performance of the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Meet any other requirements established by the Department if the requirements are not inconsistent with Title 20, Subtitle 2 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Perform the following functions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Administer grants to develop and sustain abortion care training programs at a minimum of two community–based provider sites;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Administer grants if funding is available to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Other community–based sites;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Hospital–based provider sites;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Continuing education programs for qualified providers through professional associations or other clinical education programs; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Establish training program requirements that:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Are consistent with evidence–based training standards;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Comply with any applicable State law and regulations; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Focus on the provision of culturally congruent care and include implicit bias training;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Support abortion care clinical training to qualified providers as defined in § 20–103 of this article and to the clinical care teams of the qualified providers to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Expand the number of health care professionals with abortion care training; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Increase the racial and ethnic diversity among health care professionals with abortion care training; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Support the identification, screening, and placement of qualified providers at training sites.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall release the name of the coordinating organization that the Department contracts with under subsection (a) of this section and any entity receiving funds through the coordinating organization.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may not release the name of any individual or person administering services through or participating in the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
