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<subtitle article="ghg" title_number="24" subtitle_number="18" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_name="Maryland Aids Drug Assistance Program Fund">
  <section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-1801" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Maryland Aids Drug Assistance Program Fund">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>There is a Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The purpose of the Fund is to support the administration, operation, and activities of the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Department shall administer the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <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="f">
      <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Except as provided in subsection (j) of this section, rebates received by the Department from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Interest earnings of the Fund; 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="g">
      <text>The Fund may be used only to fund:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program Plus (MADAP–Plus); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Any other services to eligible individuals as authorized under Part B of the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="h">
      <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="i">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Fund shall have its own program code within the State budget.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="j">
      <text>Notwithstanding subsection (f) of this section, the Department shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Deposit any rebates from a source other than a federal source received by the Department from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program into an account within the Fund; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Use the funds in the account under item (1) of this subsection only to fund State–identified priorities for HIV prevention, surveillance, and care services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="k">
      <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations establishing income and other eligibility criteria for the receipt of HIV prevention and care services funded under subsection (j) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>