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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".36" citation="COMAR 07.02.11.36" title_num="07" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="11" heading="Local Supplements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A local department may establish a supplement to the State standard to be used to meet special needs, provided that the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Supplement is met by local funds and is included in the fiscal agreement between the Department of Human Services and the local government;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Supplement is applied uniformly to homes located within the local department's jurisdiction and to specific homes located in the jurisdictions of other local departments, when the local department which makes a supplemental payment places a child in a home located in the jurisdiction of another local department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Supplemented items are not included in the State standard.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The plan to supplement shall be approved as local policy by the Social Services Administration before being put into effect. The plan shall specify the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Amount budgeted for the supplement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Reasons for needing it; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Plan for assuring that the amounts in excess of the State maximum are paid from local funds.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>