WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 614

(2) IN EDUCATING PROGRAM RECIPIENTS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE
PROGRAM SHALL WORK WITH APPROPRIATE GROUPS TO ASSIST IN THE
EDUCATION OF PROGRAM RECIPIENTS.

15-102.1.

TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY PROVIDING ADEQUATE AND
APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE TO INDIGENT AND MEDICALLY INDIGENT
INDIVIDUALS, IT SHALL BE THE POLICY OF THE STATE THAT:

(A) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT IT IS A GOAL OF THIS
STATE TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE TO INDIGENT AND
MEDICALLY INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS.

(B)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED, SUBJECT
TO THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE BUDGET AND THE AVAILABILITY OF
FEDERAL FUNDS:

(1)  THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE, COST
EFFICIENT, AND INDIVIDUALIZED A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF QUALITY
HEALTH CARE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION, EDUCATION,
INDIVIDUALIZED CARE, AND APPROPRIATE CASE MANAGEMENT;

(2)  DEVELOP A PRENATAL CARE PROGRAM FOR PROGRAM
RECIPIENTS AND ENCOURAGE ITS UTILIZATION;

(2) STATE RESOURCES SHALL BE ALLOCATED WITHIN

(3) ALLOCATE STATE RESOURCES FOR THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A
BALANCED SYSTEM OF HEALTH CARE TO A BROAD BASED SEGMENT OF THE
INDIGENT POPULATION SERVED BY THE PROGRAM;

(3) THE PROGRAM REPRESENTS ONLY 1 COMPONENT OF A
NECESSARY STATE COMMITMENT (4) SEEK TO COORDINATE THE PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER STATE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE
NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE INDIGENT
POPULATION SERVED BY THE PROGRAM;

(4) THE PROGRAM SHALL (5) PROMOTE PROGRAM POLICIES
THAT FACILITATE ACCESS TO AND CONTINUITY OF CARE BY ENCOURAGING:

(I)  PROVIDER AVAILABILITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE;

(II)  CONSUMER EDUCATION; AND

(III)  THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN PROGRAM RECIPIENTS AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; AND

(IV)  THE REGULAR REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM'S
REGULATIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS
OF THOSE REGULATIONS ARE UNNECESSARILY BURDENSOME ON PROGRAM
PROVIDERS;

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