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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 329
13-2302.
(A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE
PRENATAL MULTIVITAMIN ANY APPROPRIATE VITAMIN AND MINERAL DIETARY
SUPPLEMENTS A FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENT TO WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE.
(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CASES
OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS AND OTHER BIRTH DEFECTS IN CHILDREN AND TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INFANTS BORN WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN THE STATE.
(C) THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING TO WOMEN OF
CHILDBEARING AGE AS APPROPRIATE. BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR
INDIVIDUAL NEED:
(1) PRENATAL MULTIVITAMIN APPROPRIATE VITAMIN AND MINERAL
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS THAT CONTAIN AN APPROPRIATE FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENT
THAT CONTAINS THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF FOLIC ACID FOR WOMEN OF
CHILDBEARING AGE;
(2) COUNSELING AND WRITTEN INFORMATION REGARDING THE
PROPER USE OF THE SUPPLEMENTS SUPPLEMENT: AND
(3) ANY OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION REGARDING PRENATAL CARE
THAT THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF
THIS SUBTITLE.
(D) LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE PRENATAL
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND PROVIDE THE COUNSELING AND WRITTEN
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.
13-2303.
(A) SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING, THE PROGRAM SHALL BE
FUNDED AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET.
(B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY USE MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THE FEDERAL
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN FOOD PROGRAM AND FROM ANY OTHER LAWFUL
SOURCE TO FUND THE PROGRAM.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2006.
Approved May 2, 2006.
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CHAPTER 329
(House Bill 524)
AN ACT concerning
Criminal Offenses - Driving Without a License - Arrest, Impoundment, and
Penalties
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