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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-2302" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="23" subtitle_name="Folic Acid Supplement Distribution Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall establish a program to distribute a folic acid supplement to women of childbearing age.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the program is to reduce the number of cases of neural tube defects in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The program shall provide the following to women of childbearing age as appropriate, based on an assessment of their individual need:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An appropriate folic acid supplement that contains the recommended level of folic acid for women of childbearing age;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Counseling and written information regarding the proper use of the supplement; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other health information that the Department determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
