Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 93.051 — CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND STROKE PREVENTION PLAN; DUTIES OF COUNCIL

HS § 93.051Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 93. PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND STROKE · Art. B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL

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(a)The council shall develop an effective and resource-efficient plan to reduce the morbidity, mortality, and economic burden of cardiovascular disease and stroke in this state. The council shall:

(1)conduct health education, public awareness, and community outreach activities that relate to primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke;

(2)promote, enhance, and coordinate health education, public awareness, and community outreach activities that relate to primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke and that are provided by private and other public organizations;

(3)coordinate activities with other entities that are concerned with medical conditions that are similar to cardiovascular disease and stroke or that have similar risk factors;

(4)identify to health care providers, employers, schools, community health centers, and other groups the benefits of encouraging treatment, primary and secondary prevention, and public awareness of cardiovascular disease and stroke and recognize innovative and effective programs that achieve the objectives of improved treatment, prevention, and public awareness;

(5)provide guidance regarding the roles and responsibilities of government agencies, health care providers, employers, third-party payers, patients, and families of patients in the treatment, primary and secondary prevention, and public awareness of cardiovascular disease and stroke;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 732 (H.B. 2344), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.