Sec. 2. 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.