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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="2-610" title_number="2" title_name="Maryland Department of Health" subtitle_number="6">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any remedy provided under this subtitle is in addition to any other appropriate legal or equitable relief provided under any other applicable State or federal statute or regulation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate any investigation of an alleged violation under this subtitle with any investigation conducted by the federal government involving the same violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State’s objective shall be to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort on the part of the person alleged to have committed the violation and to minimize the burden of the investigation on the person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Comptroller shall deposit any civil penalty or damages collected under this subtitle in the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a violation of this subtitle affects any of the following funds, the Comptroller shall deposit any civil penalty or damages collected by the State under this title into the affected fund:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A special fund requiring the reversion of appropriated funds to the special fund under § 7–304 of the State Finance and Procurement Article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>A fund under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>A fund under the jurisdiction of the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If more than one fund is affected by a violation of this subtitle, the Comptroller shall deposit any civil penalty or damages collected by the State into the appropriate fund or the General Fund of the State on a pro rata basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department or the Inspector General of the Department may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
