It is the duty of the health equity care commission to:
(1) Review current state policies on health equity as reflected by Tennessee statutes, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities;
(2) Study the many problems which jeopardize the health of Tennessee's black community, including, but not limited to, such persistent, interdisciplinary problems as teen pregnancy, infant mortality and morbidity, alcohol and drug abuse, nicotine addiction, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, AIDS, inadequate health care delivery systems, lack of health insurance and poverty;
(3) Define and establish the components, guidelines and objectives of a comprehensive state policy to ensure and promote the present and future health of all black Tennesseans;
(4) Identify any Tennessee laws, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities which conflict with the components, guidelines and objectives of such comprehensive policy;
(5) Search for any interdepartmental gaps, inconsistencies and inefficiencies in the implementation or attainment of such comprehensive policy;
(6) Identify any new laws, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities which are needed to ensure and promote the present and future health of all black Tennessee citizens;
(7) Serve as an in-house informational resource for the general assembly on legislative policy matters concerning health equity;
(8) Perform such other activities as are reasonably related to the legislative intent of this part, including, but not necessarily limited to, improving public awareness of the state's health equity problems;
(9) Conduct regional public hearings throughout the state concerning the impact of TennCare implementation on the health and well-being of the state's African-American community;
(10) Collect and analyze data and periodically report on the level of compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by managed care organizations participating in TennCare;
(11) Develop and implement a systematic plan to effectively inform and educate the state's African-American community regarding the procedures, components, rights and responsibilities of TennCare participation; and
(12) Provide advice to the commissioner of finance and administration concerning the state health plan developed pursuant to § 68-11-1625.
It is the duty of the health equity care commission to:
(1) Review current state policies on health equity as reflected by Tennessee statutes, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities;
(2) Study the many problems which jeopardize the health of Tennessee's black community, including, but not limited to, such persistent, interdisciplinary problems as teen pregnancy, infant mortality and morbidity, alcohol and drug abuse, nicotine addiction, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, AIDS, inadequate health care delivery systems, lack of health insurance and poverty;
(3) Define and establish the components, guidelines and objectives of a comprehensive state policy to ensure and promote the present and future health of all black Tennesseans;
(4) Identify any Tennessee laws, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities which conflict with the components, guidelines and objectives of such comprehensive policy;
(5) Search for any interdepartmental gaps, inconsistencies and inefficiencies in the implementation or attainment of such comprehensive policy;
(6) Identify any new laws, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities which are needed to ensure and promote the present and future health of all black Tennessee citizens;
(7) Serve as an in-house informational resource for the general assembly on legislative policy matters concerning health equity;
(8) Perform such other activities as are reasonably related to the legislative intent of this part, including, but not necessarily limited to, improving public awareness of the state's health equity problems;
(9) Conduct regional public hearings throughout the state concerning the impact of TennCare implementation on the health and well-being of the state's African-American community;
(10) Collect and analyze data and periodically report on the level of compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by managed care organizations participating in TennCare;
(11) Develop and implement a systematic plan to effectively inform and educate the state's African-American community regarding the procedures, components, rights and responsibilities of TennCare participation; and
(12) Provide advice to the commissioner of finance and administration concerning the state health plan developed pursuant to § 68-11-1625.
It is the duty of the health equity care commission to:
(1) Review current state policies on health equity as reflected by Tennessee statutes, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities;
(2) Study the many problems which jeopardize the health of Tennessee's black community, including, but not limited to, such persistent, interdisciplinary problems as teen pregnancy, infant mortality and morbidity, alcohol and drug abuse, nicotine addiction, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, AIDS, inadequate health care delivery systems, lack of health insurance and poverty;
(3) Define and establish the components, guidelines and objectives of a comprehensive state policy to ensure and promote the present and future health of all black Tennesseans;
(4) Identify any Tennessee laws, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities which conflict with the components, guidelines and objectives of such comprehensive policy;
(5) Search for any interdepartmental gaps, inconsistencies and inefficiencies in the implementation or attainment of such comprehensive policy;
(6) Identify any new laws, regulations, programs, services and budgetary priorities which are needed to ensure and promote the present and future health of all black Tennessee citizens;
(7) Serve as an in-house informational resource for the general assembly on legislative policy matters concerning health equity;
(8) Perform such other activities as are reasonably related to the legislative intent of this part, including, but not necessarily limited to, improving public awareness of the state's health equity problems;
(9) Conduct regional public hearings throughout the state concerning the impact of TennCare implementation on the health and well-being of the state's African-American community;
(10) Collect and analyze data and periodically report on the level of compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by managed care organizations participating in TennCare;
(11) Develop and implement a systematic plan to effectively inform and educate the state's African-American community regarding the procedures, components, rights and responsibilities of TennCare participation; and
(12) Provide advice to the commissioner of finance and administration concerning the state health plan developed pursuant to § 68-11-1625.
