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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 211 STATE HEALTH PROGRAMS
211.655 Legislative findings and statement of intent.
Download pdfand high risk conditions represent problems of significant health importance about which
too little is known; that conditions of this nature lead to severe mental anguish on the part
of parents and frequently to high medical care costs; and that a system to obtain more
information about these conditions could result in development and implementation of
preventive measures to decrease their incidence and prevalence in the future. Therefore, it
is the intent of the General Assembly to:
(1) Provide information on the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, stillbirths, and high risk conditions; (2) Provide information as to the possible causes of congenital anomalies, stillbirths, and high risk conditions; and (3) Develop prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of congenital anomalies, stillbirths, and high risk conditions and to reduce secondary complications
associated with high risk conditions. Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 405, sec. 76, effective July 15, 1994. Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992.
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