Section 13-1010 - Local Public Health Tobacco Grant - Community Health Coalition. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-1010. Local Public Health Tobacco Grant - Community Health Coalition.
 

(a)  Membership - Demographics.- The membership of a Community Health Coalition established under § 13-1008(b) of this subtitle shall: 

(1) Reflect the demographics of the county; and 

(2) Include representatives of community-based groups, including minority, rural, and medically underserved populations, that, taken together, are familiar with all of the different communities and cultures in the county. 

(b)  Membership - Entities represented.- The membership of a Community Health Coalition established under § 13-1008(b) of this subtitle may include: 

(1) Representatives of: 

(i) A local management board established under Title 8, Subtitle 3 of the Human Services Article; 

(ii) The local public school system; 

(iii) Local hospitals, clinics, physicians, and other health care providers; 

(iv) Local law enforcement; 

(v) Local businesses; 

(vi) Local religious organizations; 

(vii) Local media; 

(viii) Institutions of higher education; and 

(ix) Hospitals and other entities located outside the county that could enhance the county's tobacco use prevention and cessation efforts; and 

(2) Any other person that the local health officer believes would help the county meet the tobacco use prevention and cessation goals and requirements established for the county under § 13-1007 of this subtitle. 
 

[2000, chs. 17, 18; 2006, ch. 243; 2007, ch. 8, § 1.]