# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 47 — Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration

### Chapter 06 — Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes Partnerships — (S.T.O.P.) Fund

#### Regulation .04 Fiscal Responsibility by Jurisdiction.

*COMAR 10.47.06.04*

A. The Department may award partnership funding that results in a county being responsible for less than 1/2 of the cost of the approved partnership funding after considering:

  (1) The financial hardship of the participating county;

  (2) Prior and current contributions of funds for substance abuse treatment programs made by the participating county; and

  (3) Other relevant considerations considered appropriate by the Department.

B. A participating jurisdiction shall use partnership funding only to supplement levels of spending by the participating jurisdiction on drug treatment programs.

C. A participating jurisdiction may not use partnership funding to supplant spending by the participating jurisdiction on drug treatment programs.

D. A participating jurisdiction may use partnership funding to continue or expand funding for eligible functions if the participating jurisdiction began spending funds on eligible functions after October 1, 2010.