Requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish the Oral Health Program to prevent and detect oral cancer in the State; providing for the program to target the needs of high-risk underserved populations; requiring the Secretary, in consultation with specified providers, to develop and implement programs to train health care providers to screen and refer patients with oral cancers and to promote smoking cessation programs; etc.

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Sponsored by:

Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26

Senator John C. Astle, District 30

Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43

Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25

Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11

Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44

Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12

Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10

Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14

Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28

Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27

Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20

Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES

DENTAL HYGIENISTS

DENTISTS

DISEASES -see also- AIDS; RABIES

EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc

HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH

HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations

PATIENTS

REPORTS

SMOKING -see also- CIGARETTES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 18-1001 , 18-1002 , 18-1003 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments: None offered