Section 13-1102 – Established; Purpose; Components; Funding; Annual Report; Regulations
(a) There is a Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program in the Department. (b) The purpose of the Program is to coordinate the State’s use of the Cigarette Restitution Fund so as to create a lasting legacy of public health initiatives that reduce mortality and morbidity rates for cancer and tobacco–related diseases in the State and […]
Section 13-1103 – Surveillance and Evaluation Component
(a) There is a Surveillance and Evaluation Component in the Program. (b) The purpose of the Surveillance and Evaluation Component is to: (1) Collect, analyze, and monitor data relating to: (i) Targeted cancers; (ii) As determined by the Department, nontargeted cancers; and (iii) Cancer prevention, education, screening, and treatment programs in the State; (2) Measure and evaluate the results of the Program, […]
Section 13-1002 – Established; Purpose; Components; Funding; Annual Report
(a) There is a Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program in the Department. (b) The purpose of the Program is to coordinate the State’s use of the Cigarette Restitution Fund to address issues relating to tobacco use prevention and cessation so as to create a lasting legacy of public health initiatives that result in a reduction of […]
Section 13-1104 – Biennial Cancer Study
(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2004 and biennially thereafter, the Department shall conduct a Biennial Cancer Study. (b) The Biennial Cancer Study shall: (1) Measure the same factors that are set forth in § 13–1103(d) of this subtitle; and (2) Use the same methodology or model that is used to conduct the Baseline Cancer Study. (c) The Department may: (1) Conduct […]
Section 13-1003 – Surveillance and Evaluation Component
(a) There is a Surveillance and Evaluation Component in the Program. (b) The purposes of the Surveillance and Evaluation Component are to: (1) Collect, analyze, and monitor data relating to tobacco use and tobacco use prevention and cessation in the State; (2) Measure and evaluate the results of the Program, including the results of each component of the Program; […]
Section 13-1105 – Local Public Health Cancer Grant
Before the Department distributes a Local Public Health Cancer Grant to any county under §§ 13-1107 through 13-1113 of this subtitle, the Department shall develop an inventory of publicly funded screening programs that includes information relating to: (1) The number and types of publicly funded screening programs for each targeted cancer, both statewide and in each […]
Section 13-1004 – Biennial Tobacco Study
(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2007 and in every second year thereafter, the Department shall conduct a Tobacco Study which shall measure the same factors that are set forth in § 13–1003(c) of this subtitle and use the same methodology or model that was used for the Baseline Tobacco Study. (b) To carry out the evaluation and […]
Section 13-1005 – Statewide Public Health Component
(a) There is a Statewide Public Health Component in the Program. (b) The purpose of the Statewide Public Health Component is to maximize the effectiveness of the anti-tobacco initiatives in the State by authorizing the Department to take steps to ensure that the Program is implemented in a coordinated and integrated manner throughout the State. (c) Subject to […]
Section 13-1006 – Local Public Health Component
(a) There is a Local Public Health Component in the Program. (b) The purpose of the Local Public Health Component is to maximize the effectiveness of anti-tobacco initiatives in the State by authorizing local health coalitions to develop and implement tobacco use prevention and cessation programs in coordination with the Department. (c) Subject to §§ 13-1007 through 13-1012 […]
Section 13-1007 – Local Public Health Tobacco Grant — County Goals; Formula
(a) After the Baseline Tobacco Study has been completed and before soliciting applications for Local Public Health Tobacco Grants, the Department, in consultation with the local health departments, shall: (1) Establish short–term and long–term tobacco use prevention and cessation goals for each county; (2) Establish other requirements for each county that the Department determines to be necessary to […]