(a) Contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Health Services shall do all of the following:
(1) Regularly analyze asthma morbidity and mortality data, and shall periodically assess the burden of asthma on the state’s medical and economic resources, and identify those populations most seriously affected by the disease.
(2) Survey factors known to worsen asthma, including allergy induced asthma, such as cockroach allergens and molds, in order to estimate the relative importance of these factors in California.
(3) Assess patterns of medical care and population-based health services, and the extent of ongoing local, regional, educational, environmental, and other asthma interventions and related activities.
(b) The information gained pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to guide the development of public health programs and asthma policy.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
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