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<subtitle article="ghg" title_number="13" subtitle_number="11A" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_name="Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention">
  <section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-11A-01" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2031 PER CHAPTERS 812 AND 813 OF 2024" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="11A" subtitle_name="Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Department shall develop and implement a 3–year public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>In developing the public education campaign, the Department shall work with:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Health care providers, including licensed physicians, who treat individuals impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Hospitals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Health care associations that focus on prostate, lung, and breast cancer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The public education campaign shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Provide educational information on prostate, lung, and breast cancer, including information regarding:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>The risks and warning signs of prostate, lung, and breast cancer; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Guidelines and best practices to prevent prostate, lung, and breast cancer;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Promote screenings for prostate, lung, and breast cancer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Provide information on legislation that reduces cost barriers to prevention services for prostate, lung, and breast cancer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>To implement the public education campaign, the Department shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Use communications tools and messaging;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Post all materials on the Department’s website in a conspicuous manner and an accessible format; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Develop partnerships with health agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private entities that work with communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The Department shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Develop the public education campaign on or before December 1, 2026;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Set measurable goals for the public education campaign.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <level label="1">
        <text>For each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation to the Department for the public education campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund established under § 7–317 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The total appropriation for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 shall be not more than $750,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>