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Ch. 443
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 443
(Senate Bill 22)
AN ACT concerning
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Osteoporosis Prevention and
Education Program Task Force
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to
establish a certain osteoporosis prevention and education program; specifying
certain purposes of this Act; requiring the Department to develop a certain
public education and outreach campaign, to develop certain educational
materials and professional education programs, and to develop, maintain, and
distribute a list of certain providers; establishing an Osteoporosis Prevention
and Education Task Force in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
providing for the composition of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to
make certain recommendations to the Department about certain osteoporosis
initiatives Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to designate the chairman of
the Task Force; requiring the Department to provide staff for the Task Force;
requiring the Department Task Force to conduct a certain needs assessment;
requiring the Task Force to make certain recommendations to the Department
about certain osteoporosis initiatives and to gather certain data; authorizing the
Task Force to hold public hearings and solicit information from certain persons;
requiring the Department annually to make a certain evaluation and to submit
a certain report; establishing an Osteoporosis Advisory Council in the
Department; providing for the composition, authority, meeting procedure, staff,
and chairperson of the Council; making provisions for the compensation, terms,
vacancies, and removal of Council members; authorizing the Department to
accept certain grants, services, and property; requiring the Department to seek
a certain federal waiver; requiring the Task Force to carry out its responsibilities
to the extent funding is available; authorizing the Department to adopt certain
regulations; defining a certain term; and generally relating to a certain program
Task Force concerning osteoporosis in the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 1-101(a) and (c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 13-1601 through 13-1610 13-1608 13-1606 to be under the new
subtitle "Subtitle 16. Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
Task Force"
Annotated Code of Maryland
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