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SENATE BILL 849
J1, M3 (5lr1019)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation and Finance/Environment and Transportation and Health
and Government Operations —
Introduced by Senator Guzzone
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 hi s approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening 2
Technologies Program – Funding 3
FOR the purpose of altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual 4
budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening 5
Technologies Program; authorizing the Secretary to use up to a certain percentage 6
of Program funds to support academic medical research centers for certain purposes; 7
and generally relating to the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative 8
Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
Article – Health – General 11
Section 13–4001 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13 2 SENATE BILL 849
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 1
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 2
Article – Health – General 3
Section 13–4006 4
Annotated Code of Maryland 5
(2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 8
Article – Health – General 9
13–4001. 10
In this subtitle, “Program” means the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter 11
Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program. 12
13–4006. 13
(a) (1) For fiscal years 2021 through 2024, the Governor shall include at least 14
$100,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 15
(2) For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may 16
include at least [$500,000] $3,000,000 $1,000,000 in the annual budget for the Program. 17
(b) Appropriations and expenditures made for the purpose of implementing the 18
Program, including the use of any funds received by a person under any component of the 19
Program, are subject to audit by the Office of Legislative Audits as provided in § 2–1220 of 20
the State Government Article. 21
(C) THE SECRETARY MAY USE UP TO 20% OF PROGRAM FUNDS TO SUPP ORT 22
ACADEMIC MEDI CAL RESEARCH CENTERS, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF 23
MARYLAND INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH COMPUTING, IN THE COLLECTION , ANALYSIS, 24
AND PROCESSING OF PROGRAM OUTCOME DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSESSING, 25
MAXIMIZING, AND IMPROVING THE EF FECTIVENESS AND CLIN ICAL UTILITY OF THE 26
CANCER SCREENING FUN DED BY THE PROGRAM. 27
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 28
1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 5 years and, at the end of June 30, 2030, 29
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 30
of no further force and effect. 31