Section 13-1211 – Local Team — Proceedings, Records, and Files
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the proceedings, records, and files of a local team are confidential and privileged, and are not discoverable or admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding. (b) Statistical compilations of data that do not contain any information that would cause the identification of any person to be ascertained […]
Section 13-1702 – Establishment
There is an Asthma Control Program in the Department.
Section 13-1212 – Annual Report
(a) On or before December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report on findings, recommendations, and Program actions to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly. (b) The Secretary shall include in the report required under subsection (a) of this section: (1) A summary of any […]
Section 13-1213 – Stakeholder Meeting
(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, at least twice a year, the Secretary shall convene a meeting of stakeholders, including: (i) Representatives of: 1. The Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities; 2. The Maryland Patient Safety Center; 3. The Maryland Healthy Start Program; 4. Women’s health advocacy organizations; 5. Community organizations engaged in maternal health and family support […]
Section 13-1301 – Established; Purpose; Administration; Funding
(a) There is a Governor’s Wellmobile Program within the University of Maryland School of Nursing. (b) The purpose of the Program is to: (1) Deliver primary and preventive health care services to geographically underserved communities and uninsured individuals around the State; and (2) Provide principal training sites for the University of Maryland School of Nursing that will expand student […]
Section 13-1302 – Advisory Board
(a) (1) There is a Governor’s Wellmobile Program Advisory Board. (2) The purpose of the Advisory Board is to assist the University of Maryland School of Nursing in overseeing and raising funds for the Program. (b) The Advisory Board consists of nine individuals, of whom: (1) One shall be the Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing; (2) One […]
Section 13-1303 – Geographic Areas Served; Duties; Grants and Donations; Annual Report; Audit
(a) The University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Advisory Board shall ensure that the following geographic areas are served by the Program: (1) Western Maryland; (2) The Washington metropolitan area; (3) The Baltimore metropolitan area; (4) Southern/Central Maryland; (5) The upper Eastern Shore; and (6) The lower Eastern Shore. (b) The University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Advisory Board […]
Section 13-1502 – Findings; Legislative Intent
(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Children in the State face an array of preventable exposures to environmental hazards in their schools, homes, and communities; (2) In certain cases children are at greater risk than adults for exposure to and possible illness from environmental hazards because children: (i) Have a decreased ability to detoxify certain substances; (ii) Have a […]
Section 13-1503 – State Children’s Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council — Established
There is a State Children’s Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council.
Section 13-1203 – Program Established
The Secretary shall establish a Maternal Mortality Review Program to review maternal deaths and to develop strategies for the prevention of maternal deaths.