Section 5-407 - Funds. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-407. Funds.
 

(a)  Money payments and services.- Money payments and special services under the adoption subsidy program shall be funded by: 

(1) appropriations to a local department for the maintenance of children in foster care; and 

(2) money that is made available to a local department from other sources. 

(b)  Medical assistance and medical care.- Medical assistance and medical care under the adoption subsidy program shall be funded by: 

(1) savings for the fiscal year by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Human Resources that are attributable to adoptions under this subtitle; and 

(2) appropriations to the Department of Human Resources for the adoption subsidy program. 

(c)  Reimbursement to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.- The Administration may reimburse the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the cost of medical assistance and medical care directly or through a contract with the Department. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 16, §§ 88C, 88E; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2005, ch. 464, § 3.]