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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-1503" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Maryland Prenatal and Infant Care Grant Program Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any county or municipality may apply to the Secretary for a grant from the Fund to be applied toward a program that provides care coordination services  to low–income pregnant and postpartum women and to children from birth to 3 years old.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An application for a grant from the Fund shall include, at minimum:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Evidence that the county’s or municipality’s care coordination services will be a collaborative effort involving:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The appropriate public service agencies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Community–based providers; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A plan for the establishment of a database that collects data from the program to ensure that the services are provided to the families with the highest need.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
