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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-111" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Responsibilities of Secretary">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department, in collaboration with the State–designated health information exchange, shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible website that includes in a downloadable format the following information:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The hospitalization rate related to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To the extent possible, the prevalence and hospitalization rate of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias disaggregated based on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Age, including age of diagnosis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Sex;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Race;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Ethnicity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Number of cases by county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Co–occurrence of Down Syndrome (Trisomy–21); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Type of dementia.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The website required under subsection (a) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Include the data available for the immediately preceding 5–year period ending September 30, 2025; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be updated on or before January 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to include any newly available data.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
