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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-1012" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall review a Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation submitted under § 13-1008(d) of this subtitle and determine whether:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Plan addresses the goals and requirements established for the county under § 13-1007 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Plan allocates resources in a manner that is consistent with the needs of the different populations in the county, including targeted minority populations, as identified in the Baseline Tobacco Study and biennial tobacco studies;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Plan allocates resources in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding best practices for a comprehensive tobacco control program or states a reason for not meeting this requirement and identifies other resources that, taken together, meet this requirement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The local health officer has complied with the other requirements of §§ 13-1007 through 13-1011 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may not distribute a county’s share of money for a Local Public Health Tobacco Grant, as provided under § 13-1007 of this subtitle, if the Department determines that the requirements of subsection (a) of this section have not been met.</text>
  </level>
</section>
