(a) On or before December 1 of each year, the Department shall submit a report on the Program, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Environment and Transportation Committee.

(b) The report under subsection (a) of this section shall include:

(1) the names of approved entities awarded financial assistance for food desert projects;

(2) the type of activities in which the approved entities are engaged;

(3) the location of the approved entity’s operation;

(4) the amount of each grant award;

(5) the number of employees employed by the approved entity;

(6) the basis for approving the grant;

(7) an explanation of how the approved entity’s operation advances the policy goal of reducing food deserts; and

(8) if available, how long the grantee’s operation stayed in business following the awarding of the grant.