CHAPTER 23-38
COMMUNITY HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM
23-38-01. Community health grant program.
1.
The state department of health shall establish a community health grant program.<br>The primary purpose of the program is to prevent or reduce tobacco usage in the<br>state by strengthening community-based public health programs and by providing<br>assistance to public health units and communities throughout the state.
The
program must build on and may not duplicate existing programs. Grants awarded<br>under the program must be awarded on a noncompetitive basis using the per capita<br>formula provided for in this subsection. The program must, to the extent funding is<br>available, follow guidelines concerning tobacco prevention programs recommended<br>by the centers for disease control and prevention. Entities awarded grants under the<br>program may contract with or award grants to private providers that conduct tobacco<br>cessation programs.
Not more than five percent of the community health grant
program funds may be expended for surveillance and evaluation activities. Funds<br>appropriated for the program must be allocated as follows:
a.
Forty percent of all funds appropriated for the program must be granted to a<br>public health unit or to cooperating public health units that have an agreement<br>with school boards concerning preventive health programs to be funded. The<br>program must be developed with student participation and must include a plan<br>to reduce student tobacco use.
b.
Forty percent of all funds appropriated for the program must be granted to a<br>public health unit or to cooperating public health units that have established a<br>unitwide plan, developed in cooperation with local elected officials in the unit's<br>jurisdiction, concerning the preventive health programs to be funded. The plan<br>must address programs to reduce tobacco use by the residents living in the<br>counties serviced by the units; however, the plan may include other chronic<br>disease programs. In addition to any grants received under this subdivision,<br>each county with a population of less than ten thousand must receive five<br>thousand dollars per biennium to be used to implement the county's programs.
c.
Twenty percent of all funds appropriated for the program must be granted to<br>public health units to supplement existing state aid from other sources. Each<br>unit must receive one percent of the amount allocated under this subdivision for<br>each county within the unit and the remaining amount must be distributed to<br>each unit on a per capita basis.
2.
The state department of health, in establishing the community health grant program,<br>shall build upon the state's existing tobacco control grant program activities and shall<br>follow the centers for disease control and prevention's best practices for<br>comprehensive tobacco control programs.
The department shall encourage
applicants to monitor program accountability with respect to tobacco-related<br>behaviors, attitudes, and health outcomes and to include in their plans:
a.
Community programs that:
(1)
Engage youth in the development and implementation of interventions;
(2)
Develop partnerships with local organizations;
(3)
Conduct educational programs at local levels;
(4)
Promote government and voluntary health policies, such as clean indoor<br>air, youth access, and treatment coverage;
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(5)
Restrict minors' access to tobacco; and
(6)
Deter smoking in public places.
b.
Promotion of school programs by partnering with public health organizations,<br>school boards, education associations, and other organizations in each county<br>to provide school programs that promote:
(1)
Tobacco-free policies;
(2)
Evidence-based curricula;
(3)
Teacher training;
(4)
Parental involvement; and
(5)
Cessation services for students and staff.
23-38-02. Community health grant program advisory committee - Duties of state
health officer.
1.
The state health officer shall establish a community health grant program advisory<br>committee and shall appoint, after consulting with the governor, appropriate<br>members to advise the state department of health in the development of a<br>community health grant program. The state health officer, who is the chairman of<br>the committee, shall appoint to the committee the state tobacco control<br>administrator; one high school student; one student of a postsecondary institution in<br>the state; one representative of a nongovernmental tobacco control organization;<br>and one law enforcement officer. In addition to the members appointed by the state<br>health officer, the committee must include:
a.
One individual appointed by the North Dakota Indian affairs commission;
b.
One individual appointed by the North Dakota public health association;
c.
The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee;
d.
An academic researcher with expertise in tobacco control and health promotion<br>intervention, appointed by the dean of the university of North Dakota school of<br>medicine and health sciences; and
e.
One physician appointed by the North Dakota medical association.
2.
Members of the committee who are not state employees or officers are entitled to be<br>compensated at a rate of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents per day and are entitled to<br>mileage and expenses as provided by law for state officers and employees. A state<br>employee who is a member of the committee must receive that employee's regular<br>salary and is entitled to mileage and expenses, to be paid by the employing agency.
3.
The state department of health, with the committee's involvement, shall provide<br>assistance to:
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a.
Evaluate programs;
b.
Promote media advocacy by working with statewide media associations;
c.
Implement smoke-free policies by involving antitobacco groups in promoting<br>the need for smoke-free public buildings;
d.
Work to reduce minors' access to tobacco in all communities;
e.
Facilitate the coordination of program components with the local level;
f.
Involve state agencies, law enforcement, and local government in the<br>administration and management of the program; and
g.
Assist the state in screening and implementing the grants.
4.
The state health officer shall monitor the implementation of the community health<br>grant program.
The state health officer shall provide a report to the legislative
council regarding the implementation of the program not later than September 30,<br>2004. Upon request, the state health officer shall provide assistance to any interim<br>legislative committee that may study the implementation of the community health<br>grant program and shall recommend any legislation that the community health grant<br>program advisory committee considers appropriate to improve the community health<br>grant program.
23-38-03.
Gifts, grants, and donations - Continuing appropriation.
The state
department of health and public health units may accept any gifts, grants, or donations, whether<br>conditional or unconditional. The state department of health or public health units may contract<br>public or private entities and may expend any available moneys to obtain matching funds for the<br>purposes of this chapter. All moneys received by the state department of health as gifts, grants,<br>or donations under this section are appropriated on a continuing basis to the state department of<br>health.
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chapter 23-38 community health grant program
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