THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR                    361

No. 23
(House Joint Resolution 31)

Joint Resolution requesting the Committee 'on Medical Care, through
the State Planning Commission, to study the problem of estab-
lishing the policies and financial responsibility of the State and
of its subdivisions as to medical treatment and care services and
to make recommendations on this question to the Legislative Coun-
cil.

WHEREAS, The division of financial responsibility between the
State and its subdivisions for financing medical treatment and care
services is confused by the absence of a prescribed formula; and

WHEREAS, Uncertainty results from the lack of a clear under-
standing as to which services rendered are a local or a State respon-
sibility; and

WHEREAS, There is a need for a coordination of the financing of
medical treatment and care services and the local general support-
ing services; and

WHEREAS, It is the judgment of the General Assembly that the
Committee on Medical Care, through the State Planning Commission,
could provide a valuable study and recommendations on the question;
now therefore be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Com-
mittee on Medical Care, through the State Planning Commission,
be requested to give detailed and adequate study to the respective
roles of the State and its subdivisions in establishing the policies
and financial responsibilities for medical treatment and care serv-
ices; and be it further

Resolved, That consideration be given to applying the present
formula for the financing of General Local Health Services, to the
financing of medical treatment and care services; and be it further

Resolved, That the Committee on Medical Care, through the State
Planning Commission, furnish a report to the Legislative Council
by April 1, 1959, and that the Legislative Council give consideration
to adjusting the revenue sources of the State and its subdivisions and
the distribution of revenues; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislative Council report the results of this
study to the General Assembly and include therein recommendations
for an equitable solution to this problem.

Approved April 4, 1958.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.