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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 21.05.15.05" title_num="21" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="15" heading="Review and Evaluation of Results by the Maryland Environmental Service.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Beginning July 2025 and every 3 years thereafter, the Maryland Environmental Service shall review and evaluate the results of all pay-for-success contracts completed under this section for the previous 3 fiscal years.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The first review conducted under §A of this regulation shall include a review of all pay-for-success contracts completed under this section between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2025.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The review conducted under §A of this regulation shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The cost of each project performed under a contract;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The length of time taken to complete the project, from the date of notice to proceed until completion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The average cost and project duration for each project type; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Whether each project met the terms of its contract.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Each unit that enters into a pay-for-success contract under this regulation shall execute an agreement with the Maryland Environmental Service to reimburse the Service for each of the unit’s completed contracts the Service reviews under this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Maryland Environmental Service shall provide copies of each review conducted under this regulation to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each unit for which the Service reviewed and evaluated a contract; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In accordance with State Government Article, §2-1257, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Environment and Transportation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>