ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 319

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

20-904.

(d) The plan shall include recommendations to coordinate existing programs
related to health care disparities by:

(1)     Identifying available funding;

(2)     Identifying any gaps in service delivery based on gender, race,
ethnicity, and poverty;

(3)     Reducing the duplication of available health care services;

(4)     Reducing the fragmentation of health care services; [and]

(5)     Identifying outcome measures to reduce health care disparities; AND

(6)     ASSESSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MINORITY HEALTH
ADVISORY COMMISSION TO BE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES THAT WOULD ASSIST THE OFFICE OF
MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES.

Article—State Government

SUBTITLE 3A 10. OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES.
9-3A-01. 20-1001.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B) "COMMISSION" MEANS THE MINORITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMISSION.

(C) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE.

(D) (B) "DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MINORITY
AFFAIRS HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES.

(E) (C) "MINORITY PERSON" INCLUDES AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISPANICS,
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AND AMERICAN INDIANS STATEWIDE.

(F) (D) "OFFICE" MEANS THE MARYLAND OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH
AND HEALTH DISPARITIES ESTABLISHED UNDER § 9-3A-02 § 20-1002 OF THIS
SUBTITLE.

(G) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE.

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