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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-907" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Grant Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Executive Director shall, in consultation with the Council:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>order an ongoing evaluation of the efficacy of each evidence–based health program or evidence–informed health program that receives funding under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>retain a sufficient number of independent, third–party evaluators to maintain compliance with this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Evaluations required under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>grouped by similar program models, as determined by the Council;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conducted by independent, third–party evaluators; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ongoing for the 3–year grant period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An evaluation of an evidence–based health program or evidence–informed health program that receives funding under this subtitle may be conducted only by an evaluator with specialized expertise in the specific model that the evaluator is assigned to evaluate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The results of an evaluation ordered under subsection (a) of this section shall be posted to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy’s website.</text>
  </level>
</section>
