Terms Used In Maryland Code, HEALTH - GENERAL 7.5-5A-04

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
On or before December 1 each year, the Department shall submit a report to the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, that includes for the immediately preceding fiscal year a detailed description of:

(1) The amount of funds transferred and distributed from the Fund in accordance with § 7.5-5A-02(b) of this subtitle;

(2) The additional services provided by the funding in each local jurisdiction;

(3) The amount of any unspent funds in the Fund; and

(4) The reasons funds identified under item (3) of this section were not spent.