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| | | An Act To Ensure Comprehensive Cancer Control in Maine |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1407 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1407.__Cancer prevention, research and treatment |
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| | | 1.__Program established.__The Bureau of Health shall establish | | a cancer prevention and control program to provide leadership for | | and coordination of cancer prevention, research and treatment | | activities.__The program may include, but is__not limited to: |
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| | | A.__Monitoring cancer prevalence at the state and community | | levels through the cancer-incidence registry under section | | 1404 and other means; |
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| | | B.__Education and training of health professionals on the | | current methods of diagnosing and treating cancer; |
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| | | C.__Patient and family education on how to manage the | | disease and the treatment of the disease; and |
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| | | D.__Consultation with and support of community-based cancer | | prevention, research and treatment programs. |
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| | | 2.__Consultation.__In implementing the program established in | | subsection 1, the Bureau of Health shall consult with the | | Medicaid program administered by the department and with the |
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