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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Legal Services Corporation" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Grantees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Corporation shall ensure that grants and contracts are made to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide the most stable, economical, and effective delivery of legal assistance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide access to legal assistance to eligible clients in all areas of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Corporation may not use a political test or political qualifications to select or monitor a grantee under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to a suspension or termination of financial assistance or a denial of an application for refunding because of a lack of available funds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Corporation shall prescribe procedures in accordance with this subsection to govern:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the suspension or termination of financial assistance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the denial of an application for refunding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The procedures shall ensure that financial assistance committed may not be suspended or terminated and an application for refunding may not be denied unless the grantee has been given:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reasonable notice; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an opportunity for a timely, full, and fair hearing conducted by an independent hearing examiner.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
