Sec. 5. The state department may do the following:
(1) Develop standards for determining eligibility for care and treatment under the hemophilia program established under this chapter.
(2) Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia, including the following:
(A) Self-administration.
(B) Prevention.
(C) Home care.
(D) Other medical and dental procedures and techniques designed to provide maximum control over bleeding episodes typical of the condition.
(3) Extend financial assistance to persons suffering from hemophilia in obtaining blood, blood derivatives and concentrates, and other efficacious agents for use in hospital, medical, and dental facilities and at home or participate in the cost of blood processing to the extent that such support will facilitate the supplying of blood, blood derivatives and concentrates, and other efficacious agents to hemophiliac patients at an economical cost, thus increasing the effectiveness of the money appropriated to carry out this chapter.
(4) Adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-14.5-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.87-1994, SEC.10.