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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 17
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SCREENING, TREATMENT, AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS RELATING TO CERTAIN
PUBLIC HEALTH PURPOSES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE, INCLUDING:
(1) REGIONAL COORDINATION OF CLINICAL TRIALS;
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES MODELS; AND
(3) COORDINATION AMONG PHYSICIANS IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS OF THE STATE.
(Y) (BB) "TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES" MEANS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE,
CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASES, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, STROKE, AND
INFANT MORTALITY DUE TO LOW BIRTHWEIGHTS.
(Z) (CC) "TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES GRANT" MEANS A GRANT
DISTRIBUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL
SYSTEM GROUP UNDER § 13-1107 OF THIS SUBTITLE.
(AA) (DD) "TRANSNATIONAL RESEARCH" MEANS RESEARCH THAT TRANSLATES
BASIC RESEARCH INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TREATMENT PROTOCOLS.
(EE) "TREATMENT" INCLUDES CLINICAL TRIALS, TRANSPORTATION, CASE
MANAGEMENT, HOSPICE CARE, AND CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS.
(BB) (FF) "UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM GROUP" MEANS THE
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE.
13-1102.
(A) THERE IS A CANCER AND TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES PREVENTION,
IDENTIFICATION, AND TREATMENT PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT.
(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO COORDINATE THE STATE'S USE OF
THE CIGARETTE RESTITUTION FUND TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATING TO:
(1) PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF CANCER SO AS
TO CREATE A LASTING LEGACY OF PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT REDUCE
CANCER MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN THE STATE;
(2) PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF
TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES SO AS TO CREATE A LASTING LEGACY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT REDUCE TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES MORTALITY AND
MORBIDITY IN THE STATE; AND
(3) PROVISION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CANCER AND
TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES TO THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED AND TO
OTHERWISE BENEFIT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS.
(C) THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF;
(1) A SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION COMPONENT;
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