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<subtitle article="ghg" title_number="13" subtitle_number="54" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_name="Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program">
  <section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-5401" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="54" subtitle_name="Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>“Program” means the Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>“Reproductive health care clinic” means a health care provider, as defined in § 4–301(h)(1)(ii) of this article, that provides legally protected health care, as defined in § 4–301(j) of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>There is a Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program in the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The Secretary shall administer the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The purpose of the Program is to assist reproductive health care clinics in the State with the costs associated with security improvements, including interior and exterior facility hardening, perimeter lighting, fencing and other barriers, door locks and access control systems, security cameras, alarms, panic buttons, lockdown systems, and public address systems.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The Secretary shall establish procedures for:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The application and award processes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The criteria a reproductive health care clinic must meet to qualify for a grant under the Program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The Department may not release, publish, or otherwise disclose:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The personal information of an individual applying for, participating in, or administering a grant under the Program; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Information regarding a grant awarded under the Program if the disclosure would compromise the safety of the grant recipient.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <level label="1">
        <text>For fiscal year 2026, the Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to the Program.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Up to 5% of the money appropriated to the Program may be used for administrative expenses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>