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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-1203" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Parkinson's Disease">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Advisory Committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Assist in the development and implementation of a State Parkinson’s Disease Registry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Determine what data shall be collected and be stored in a State Parkinson’s Disease Registry and the methods to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of data collected and stored in the registry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Advise the Department on Parkinson’s disease and maintaining a State Parkinson’s Disease Registry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Consult with entities that may be able to collect data and work in partnership with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to aid the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in creating a national Parkinson’s Disease Registry.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Entities that may be consulted under subsection (a)(4) of this section include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State–designated health information exchange;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Nonprofit organizations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Colleges or universities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall appoint individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A neurologist;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A movement disorder specialist;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A primary care provider;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A physician informaticist;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A patient with Parkinson’s disease;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A public health professional;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A population health researcher familiar with disease registries;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>A Parkinson’s disease researcher; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Any other individuals the Secretary determines are necessary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall establish:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The duration of term limits for members of the Advisory Committee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Rules and procedures for conducting business of the Advisory Committee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Any other rules necessary for the Advisory Committee to function effectively.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Beginning July 1, 2023, the Advisory Committee shall meet at least quarterly.</text>
  </level>
</section>
