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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-2205" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="22" subtitle_name="Consumer Health Information">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Hub shall facilitate consistent State and local government use of health literacy and plain–language criteria, which may include by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Identifying vendors of health information products that adopt the Hub’s health literacy criteria;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Offering a health literacy review of sources of public information or public media regarding health, safety, and social services benefits information;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Publishing templates that aid the development of plain–language health information materials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Publishing templates and model language for use by State agencies and local government agencies for awarding grants and contracts to ensure that recipients:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Address health literacy issues in their proposals and workplans; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Refrain from creating additional health literacy barriers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Hub shall support workforce development, which may include by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Offering or recommending educational sessions on health literacy for health professionals and individuals who develop health, safety, and social services benefits information for the public; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Providing educational and age–appropriate resources that teach students health literacy and health literacy skills for primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Hub shall assist programs and organizations to promote community health literacy, which may include by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Offering Hub assessments of programs and organizations to identify barriers to public access of health, safety, and social services benefits information and services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Assisting entities with providing consumers with plain–language health information and referral and support services in a consumer’s preferred language.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In carrying out this section, the Hub may collaborate with entities that directly educate the public, including education institutions, libraries, and consumer referral services.</text>
  </level>
</section>
