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Ch. 306
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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health risk data in a broad range of areas has established and maintains, in
collaboration with the states, systems for the collection of data regarding the use of
tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs by youth, including the Youth Tobacco Survey and
the Youth Risk Behavior Survey; and
WHEREAS, The national nature of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System survey these surveys enables states to compare the risk behaviors of their
children with those of children in other parts of the country and is required data for
the receipt of certain federal grant funding; and
WHEREAS, In 2004, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation
requiring that the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey be administered
every 2 years in a randomly selected sample of Maryland schools; and
WHEREAS, The administration of surveys requires substantial time and effort
by Maryland schools; and
WHEREAS, The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey obtains some
§of the data required for the Maryland Adolescent Survey and the Youth Tobacco
Survey and can be modified to obtain all legally required data on the use of tobacco,
alcohol, and other drugs It is desirable to minimize the administrative impact of these
surveys on both students and schools as well as improve the quality and validity of the
data collected; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Education
7-420.
(a) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.
(2) "MARYLAND ADOLESCENT SURVEY" HAS THE MEANING
STATED IN § 13-1001(L) OF THE HEALTH-GENERAL ARTICLE.
(3) "SURVEY" MEANS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
PREVENTION YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM SURVEY.
(4) "YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN §
13-1001(X) OF THE HEALTH GENERAL ARTICLE.
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