§ 16-41-18-5 — Development of care and treatment programs

The state department may do the following:
(1) Develop standards for determining eligibility for care and
treatment under the hemophilia program established under this
chapter.
(2) Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the
care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia,
including the following:
(A) Self-administration.
(B) Prevention.
(C) Home care.
(D) Other medical and dental procedures and techniques
designed to provide maximum control over bleeding episodes
typical of the condition.
(3) Extend financial assistance to persons suffering from
hemophilia in obtaining blood, blood derivatives and
concentrates, and other efficacious agents for use in hospital,
medical, and dental facilities and at home or participate in the
cost of blood processing to the extent that such support will
facilitate the supplying of blood, blood derivatives and
concentrates, and other efficacious agents to hemophiliac patients
at an economical cost, thus increasing the effectiveness of the
money appropriated to carry out this chapter.
(4) Adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-14.5-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.87-1994, SEC.10.