§ 207. Health care and wellness education and outreach program. 1.\nThere is hereby created within the department the health care and\nwellness education and outreach program. The department may conduct\neducation and outreach programs for consumers, patients, educators,\nincluding but not limited to elementary and secondary school educators,\nand health care providers relating to any health care matters the\ncommissioner deems appropriate and:\n (a) Various health conditions, diseases and health care procedures and\ntreatment options, including but not limited to those for breast,\ncervical, colorectal, prostate, testicular, skin, and ovarian cancer,\nshaken baby syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome and\npost-polio sequelae.\n (b) Recommended preventative and wellness practices and services,\nincluding evidence based age and gender appropriate testing and\nscreening exams and immunization schedules.\n (c) Lymphedema and lymphatic disease, an abnormal swelling of the\nextremities including the causes, symptoms of primary lymphedema,\nsecondary lymphedema and lymphatic disease, prevention, early diagnosis,\noptions for treatment and therapy, long-term chronic care issues, the\nvalue of early detection, possible options for treatment including their\nbenefits and risks, and other relevant information and the\nrecommendation that hospitals treating breast cancer patients implement\na lymphedema alert program by placing a bright pink wristband on the\npatient's affected arm. Links to national lymphedema and lymphatic\ndisease organizations shall be provided as part of the informational\nsummary and electronically through the department's websites.\n (d) The need for and importance of organ and tissue donation,\nincluding living donation, including information about being registered\nas an organ and tissue donor and executing documents of gift under\narticle forty-three of this chapter; and information to increase patient\nunderstanding about the medical option of transplant and its\ndesirability. The department shall consult with the transplant council\non the production of any such information and ensure that such\ninformation is culturally and linguistically appropriate for all\nrecipients.\n (e) The commissioner shall establish a statewide advance care planning\ncampaign to:\n (i) promote public awareness of hospice and palliative care services;\nand palliative care options for patients with a terminal illness or\ncondition;\n (ii) inform the public of the importance of advance care planning and\nthe individual's right to direct and participate in health care\ndecisions affecting the individual;\n (iii) educate individuals on the tools available to ensure their\nhealth care decisions are honored; and\n (iv) the need and importance for consumers and patients to have an\nadvance directive, particularly a health care proxy, and the need and\nimportance for health care providers to play a leadership role in\ndiscussing end-of-life care preferences and values with patients and to\nprovide patients with health care proxy forms.\n (f) Uterine fibroids, an abnormal growth that occurs in the uterus,\nincluding the causes and symptoms of uterine fibroids, the value of\nearly detection, possible options for treatment including their benefits\nand risks, information on the elevated risk for minority women and other\nrelevant information.\n (g) Improving birth outcomes, including the importance of\npreconceptional care, early prenatal care, considerations of health\nrisks during pregnancy, considerations of benefits and risks of labor\nand delivery options including, but not limited to, vaginal and cesarean\nsection delivery, elective or repeat cesarean sections, and appropriate\nuse of drugs during delivery. There shall also be education and outreach\nconcerning spina bifida, a permanently disabling birth defect occurring\nat the end of the first month of pregnancy which involves the incomplete\ndevelopment of the spi
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