Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund.

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(a) A Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund (hereinafter in this section, the “Fund”) is established within the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Social Services.

(b) The Fund shall be used by the Public Health Director to encourage Delawareans to seek preventative health care, live healthy lifestyles, and to avoid unhealthy behavior, in particular, tobacco use. To that end, the Director shall:

(c) The Director shall prepare an annual plan for use of the Fund, which shall be approved or modified by the Secretary of the Department.

(d) The Fund shall operate within the limits of general fund appropriations made to it. The Fund may retain any unexpended funds on a fiscal year-to-year basis; provided however, that any funds in excess of $250,000 in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be reverted to the general fund absent specific legislation authorization to the contrary.


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