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2000 SESSION
SB 490 Statewide asthma management.
Introduced by: Benjamin J. Lambert III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Statewide asthma management. Requires the Commissioner of the Department of Health, with such funds as may be appropriated, to develop a statewide comprehensive asthma management strategy which includes disease surveillance, public and professional education, identification and replication of best practices for public health and clinical interventions, public and private partnerships with health care providers, third-party payors, local school divisions, and community coalitions, and identification of sources of grant funding. In addition, the Commissioner shall implement programs to meet the objectives of the statewide asthma management plan and report periodically to the Board of Health on such implementation. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care and is identical to HB 1012.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Statewide asthma management. Requires the Commissioner of the Department of Health, with such funds as may be appropriated, to develop a statewide comprehensive asthma management strategy which includes disease surveillance, public and professional education, identification and replication of best practices for public health and clinical interventions, public and private partnerships with health care providers, third-party payors, local school divisions, and community coalitions, and identification of sources of grant funding. In addition, the Commissioner shall implement programs to meet the objectives of the statewide asthma management plan and report periodically to the Board of Health on such implementation. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.