Ind. Code § 16-38-6-2

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 16-38-6-2 - Establishment of chronic disease registry

The state department, with the cooperation of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, shall establish a chronic disease registry for the purpose of:

(1) recording chronic disease cases that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana; and

(2) compiling necessary and appropriate information determined by the state department concerning cases described in subdivision (1) in order to do the following:

(A) Conduct epidemiologic and environmental surveys of chronic disease and use appropriate preventive and control measures.

(B) Inform citizens regarding programs designed to manage chronic disease.

IC 16-38-6-2

Amended by P.L. 152-2017,SEC. 36, eff. 7/1/2017.

As added by P.L. 212-2003, SEC.3.