Stating that there is a need to appropriate funding to expand sickle
cell anemia clinics for adults in the State or assist established
health care institutions to create clinics for and provide outreach to
adults with sickle cell anemia; and encouraging the Office of Minority
Health and Health Disparities in the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to improve the quality of health care delivery to adult sickle
cell anemia sufferers and implement programs to reduce the mortality
rate of the sickle cell anemia population.