Subject to the availability of funds for these purposes, the Department of Public Health shall: (1) Assist in the development of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from epilepsy. (2) Institute and carry on a statewide educational initiative among health care professionals, teachers, school administers, public health departments, and families, including the dissemination of information and the conducting of educational programs to assist in the early recognition and referral of persons for appropriate followup and treatment. (3) Develop standards for determining eligibility for care and treatment under this program. Among other standards so developed under this paragraph, candidates, to be eligible, must be referred and evaluated by a program properly staffed and affiliated with a national epilepsy program. (4) Extend assistance to the programs listed in item (2) in order to facilitate linkages for persons with epilepsy through the following: (i) referral and evaluation for appropriate care management and treatment; and (ii) diagnosis and treatment by epileptologists and the Epilepsy Foundation. care and treatment of persons suffering from epilepsy. initiative among health care professionals, teachers, school administers, public health departments, and families, including the dissemination of information and the conducting of educational programs to assist in the early recognition and referral of persons for appropriate followup and treatment. care and treatment under this program. Among other standards so developed under this paragraph, candidates, to be eligible, must be referred and evaluated by a program properly staffed and affiliated with a national epilepsy program. (2) in order to facilitate linkages for persons with epilepsy through the following: management and treatment; and and the Epilepsy Foundation.
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