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SENATE BILL 376
F2 (4lr2170)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation/Appropriations —
Introduced by Senator King Senators King, Guzzone, Jackson, McCray, and Zucker
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Higher Education – University of Maryland School of Medicine and MPowering 2
Joint Steering Council – Funding 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include a certain appropriation in the annual 4
State budget bill for the University of Maryland School of Medicine to provide certain 5
clinical care at the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center and the 6
MPowering Joint Steering Council to use exclusively on the University of Maryland 7
Institute for Health Computing; and generally relating to the University of Maryland 8
School of Medicine and the MPowering Joint Steering Council. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10
Article – Education 11
Section 12–120 and 12–304 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 14 2 SENATE BILL 376
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 1
Article – Education 2
Section 12–301(a) and (c) 3
Annotated Code of Maryland 4
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 12–304 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Education 13
12–120. 14
(a) The University of Maryland School of Medicine shall provide clinical care at 15
the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center by assigning to the Center faculty 16
who specialize in identified essential areas. 17
(b) (1) [For fiscal years 2023 through 2025] EACH FISCAL YEAR , the Governor 18
shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $5,000,000 to implement 19
the provisions of this section. 20
(2) Funds provided in accordance with this subsection shall supplement 21
and may not supplant any other funding provided to the University of Maryland School of 22
Medicine. 23
12–301. 24
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 25
(c) “Council” means the MPowering Joint Steering Council established under § 26
12–304 of this subtitle. 27
12–304. 28
(a) There is an MPowering Joint Steering Council. 29
(b) The Council consists of members appointed by the President of the College 30
Park Campus and the President of the Baltimore Campus. 31
(c) The Council shall: 32 SENATE BILL 376 3
(1) Develop guidelines for faculty appointments that are joint between the 1
College Park Campus and the Baltimore Campus; 2
(2) Make recommendations to the presidents on joint faculty 3
appointments; 4
(3) Make recommendations to the presidents identifying competitor state 5
peers for the University of Maryland; 6
(4) Establish a process by which undergraduate and graduate programs 7
are evaluated to determine whether the students, the University of Maryland, and the 8
State would benefit from alignment and collaboration and make recommendations to the 9
presidents; 10
(5) Carry out the programs and policies established under the MPower 11
program as directed by the presidents; 12
(6) Explore opportunities to create registered apprenticeship programs in 13
nursing and other fields that include integration of high school career and technology 14
education programs and University of Maryland graduate and undergraduate programs; 15
and 16
(7) Perform any other duties assigned by the presidents. 17
(d) (1) The Governor shall include in the annual State budget for the Council 18
a General Fund appropriation in the following amounts: 19
(i) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021; 20
(ii) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2022; 21
(iii) $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2023; 22
(iv) $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2024; and 23
(v) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. 24
(2) The Governor shall include in the annual State budget for the 25
University of Maryland Baltimore County, to further its mission as a research university 26
and to complement the economic development and research activities of the MPowering 27
Joint Steering Council, a General Fund appropriation in the following amounts: 28
(i) $400,000 in fiscal year 2021; 29
(ii) $800,000 in fiscal year 2022; 30
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(iii) $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2023; 1
(iv) $1,600,000 in fiscal year 2024; and 2
(v) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter. 3
(3) THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL STATE BUDGET 4
FOR THE COUNCIL TO USE EXCLUS IVELY ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 5
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH COMPUTING A GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION IN THE 6
FOLLOWING AMOUNTS : 7
(I) $1,500,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2026; 8
(II) $3,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2027; 9
(III) $4,500,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2028; AND 10
(IV) $6,000,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2029 AND EACH YEAR 11
THEREAFTER . 12
(4) The money appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), and [(2)] (3) of this 13
subsection is supplemental to and may not take the place of funding that otherwise would 14
be appropriated for the Council or the University of Maryland Baltimore County. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 16
1, 2024. 17
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.