The state department, with the cooperation of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, shall establish a chronic disease registry for the purpose of:(1) recording chronic disease cases that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana; and(2) compiling necessary and appropriate information determined by the state department concerning cases described in subdivision (1) in order to do the following:(A) Conduct epidemiologic and environmental surveys of chronic disease and use appropriate preventive and control measures.(B) Inform citizens regarding programs designed to manage chronic disease.As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.152-2017, SEC.36.
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