Sec. 10.47.06.03. Requests for Partnership Funding and Criteria for Awarding Funding

A. Requests for partnership funding may be submitted to the Department by:

(1) The governing body of a jurisdiction or its designee; or

(2) The governing bodies of more than one jurisdiction or their designee.

B. Proposals shall include the following:

(1) Identification of one or more eligible populations per jurisdiction;

(2) Eligible functions that will be funded under the plan;

(3) A description of the plan to provide substance-related disorder services;

(4) Identification of local providers able to provide these services;

(5) A plan to reach the eligible populations using relevant means of contact;

(6) Performance and outcome indicators to evaluate the program effectiveness including a description of the expected schedule and methods for measuring performance and outcome;

(7) A plan to bill third-party insurers;

(8) A prepared annual expenditure plan which reflects all anticipated income including partnership funding, local, third party, and cash revenue to the partnership program; and

(9) A statement of the local cash match or local in-kind match, including but not limited to provision of space, staff, or services, that the applicant intends to commit to the effort.

C. Time Line. Requests for partnership funding shall be received by the Department by April 1 for the following fiscal year.

D. The Department shall consider the following:

(1) Performance and outcome indicators specified;

(2) The degree to which the proposal may reduce the need for other State or local public services or programs intended for the populations targeted by the proposal;

(3) The extent to which the proposal incorporates the use of excess or otherwise available medical-related facilities, including vacant hospital beds;

(4) How the proposal fits into a balanced approach to the State’s variety of substance-related disorder needs and populations that serve different geographic areas of the State with partnership funding;

(5) The extent to which the proposal is part of or consistent with a regional strategy for substance-related disorder treatment programs affecting adjoining jurisdictions; and

(6) Other factors consistent with Health-General Article, §8-6C-04, Annotated Code of Maryland.

E. The Department may specify in a request for proposals the types of treatment services that are eligible for funding awards.