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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-3701" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="37" subtitle_name="Community Health Workers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Advisory Committee” means the State Community Health Worker Advisory Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Community health worker” means a frontline public health worker who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is a trusted member of, or has an unusually close understanding of, the community being served;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Serves as a liaison to, link to, or intermediary between health and social services and the community to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Facilitate access to services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self–sufficiency through a range of activities, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Outreach;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Community education;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The provision of information to support individuals in the community;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Social support; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Advocacy.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Fund” means the State Community Health Workers Fund established under § 13–3707 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
