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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-1402" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Health Equity Resource Communities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purpose of establishing Health Equity Resource Communities is to target State resources to specific areas of the State to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Reduce health disparities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Improve health outcomes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Improve access to primary care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Promote primary and secondary prevention services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Reduce health care costs and hospital admissions and readmissions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle and to specify eligibility criteria and application, approval, and monitoring processes for the resources allocated under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities and the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) shall provide technical assistance to the Commission in implementing the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At the request of the Commission, any other unit in the Department shall provide technical assistance to the Commission in implementing the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Two additional staff shall be added to the Commission to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
