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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-1101" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Administrative Component” means the component of the Program established under § 13–1119 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Baseline Cancer Study” means the study conducted under § 13–1103 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Cancer Research Plan” means a plan developed under § 13–1116 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Cigarette Restitution Fund” means the fund that is established under § 7–317 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Community Health Coalition” means a coalition established under § 13–1109(c)(1) or § 13–1115(b)(1) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Comprehensive Plan for Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment” means a plan developed under § 13–1109(c)(2) or § 13–1115(b)(2) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“County” includes Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Education” means information provided to the public regarding the purpose of, availability of, and access to screening programs.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Federally qualified health center” has the meaning stated in 42 U.S.C. § 254b.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Johns Hopkins Institutions” means the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Health System.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Local health officer” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The head of a county health department; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person designated by the Department under § 13–1109(g) or § 13–1115(f) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Local Public Health Cancer Grant” means a grant distributed by the Department to a county under §§ 13–1107 through 13–1113 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Local Public Health Component” means the component of the Program that is established under § 13–1107 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Maryland Cancer Registry” means the computerized data system, operated by the Department with the assistance of the Maryland State Council on Cancer Control, that registers cases of cancer that are diagnosed and treated in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <text>“Maryland Technology Development Corporation” means the entity that is established under Title 10, Subtitle 4 of the Economic Development Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <text>“Minority individual” means a woman or an individual of African American, Hispanic, Native American, or Asian descent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="r">
    <text>“Outreach efforts” means activities that are related to encouraging individuals to seek screening services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="s">
    <text>“Prevention” means activities relating to early detection, screening, and risk factor reduction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="t">
    <text>“Program” means the Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program that is established under § 13–1102 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="u">
    <text>“Screening” includes screening, early detection, identification, diagnosis, and outreach efforts associated with screening and early detection programs.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="v">
    <text>“Statewide Academic Health Center” means the University of Maryland Medical Group or the Johns Hopkins Institutions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="w">
    <text>“Statewide Academic Health Center Cancer Research Grant” means a grant that is distributed under § 13–1116 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="x">
    <text>“Statewide Academic Health Center Component” means the component established under § 13–1114 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="y">
    <text>“Statewide Academic Health Center Public Health Grant” means a grant that is distributed under § 13–1115 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="z">
    <text>“Statewide Academic Health Center Tobacco–Related Diseases Research Grant” means a grant that is distributed under § 13–1017 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="aa">
    <text>“Statewide Public Health Component” means the component of the Program that is established under § 13–1106 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="bb">
    <text>“Surveillance and Evaluation Component” means the component of the Program that is established under § 13–1103 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="cc">
    <text>“Targeted cancer” means a cancer that is identified by the Department under § 13–1102(d) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="dd">
    <text>“Task Force Report” means the report entitled “Report of the Governor’s Task Force to Conquer Cancer” that was issued in December 1999.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="ee">
    <text>“Tobacco–related diseases” means cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, and infant mortality due to low birth weight.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="ff">
    <text>“Treatment” includes appropriate access to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Local hospitals, community clinics, physicians, and other health care providers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Clinical trials, transportation, case management, hospice care, and cancer support groups.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="gg">
    <text>“Underinsured individual” means an individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For whom the appropriate treatment is not adequately covered by private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or the Maryland Children’s Health Program due to out–of–pocket costs, including required copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Who the Department determines does not have the financial means to pay for appropriate treatment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="hh">
    <text>“Uninsured individual” means an individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For whom the appropriate treatment is not covered by private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or the Maryland Children’s Health Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Who the Department determines does not have the financial means to pay for appropriate treatment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="ii">
    <text>“University of Maryland Medical Group” means the University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, the University of Maryland Medical School, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus.</text>
  </level>
</section>
