2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-450. Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act.
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act”.
B. The State Department of Health shall create a comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) state plan that outlines sustainable solutions for reducing the burden of COPD in Oklahoma through the coordinated implementation of multiple strategies. The Department may utilize existing plans developed by advocacy organizations as a cost-saving means of developing such strategies. These strategies shall include, without limitation, recommendations for:
1. The prevention and early detection of COPD to reduce the incidence of disease;
2. The treatment and management of COPD to ensure that health care providers offer state-of-the-art care;
3. Increasing public awareness, patient education and proper medical management of COPD among the general public and those living with COPD; and
4. Improving COPD outcomes in Oklahoma through increases in COPD funding and resources as well as ongoing effective advocacy by government leaders and people with COPD.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 388, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 2010.
