(a) A Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund (hereinafter in this section, the “Fund”) is established within the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Social Services.
(b) The Fund shall be used by the Public Health Director to encourage Delawareans to seek preventative health care, live healthy lifestyles, and to avoid unhealthy behavior, in particular, tobacco use. To that end, the Director shall:
(c) The Director shall prepare an annual plan for use of the Fund, which shall be approved or modified by the Secretary of the Department.
(d) The Fund shall operate within the limits of general fund appropriations made to it. The Fund may retain any unexpended funds on a fiscal year-to-year basis; provided however, that any funds in excess of $250,000 in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be reverted to the general fund absent specific legislation authorization to the contrary.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Subchapter II. Powers and Duties Generally; Regulations and Orders
§ 121. Successor to powers of abolished health and welfare agencies.
§ 122. Powers and duties of the Department of Health and Social Services.
§ 123. Reports from public institutions, Division of Professional Regulation and resorts; penalties.
§ 124. Fluoridation of a water supply.
§ 125. Preservation of public health within incorporated towns; local sanitation matters; expenses.
§ 126. Regulations and orders of Department and Secretary — Effect; distribution.
§ 127. Regulations and orders of Department and Secretary — Duty of enforcement; penalty.
§ 128. Powers as advisory board; investigations; abatement of nuisances.
§ 129. Threatened epidemics; appointment of officers to enforce regulations and orders.
§ 130. Reporting of potential or existing public health emergencies.
§ 131. Survey of hospitals and health centers — Required.
§ 132. Acceptance of federal grants.
§ 133. Cancer; Delaware Cancer Consortium.
§ 135. Services to public water systems.
§ 136. Healthy Lifestyles and Tobacco-Related Disease Prevention Fund.
§ 138. Community-based Naloxone access program.
§ 139. Certification and procedures for animal welfare officers.