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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>359716</law_id><section_number>32.1-73.5</section_number><catch_line>Comprehensive statewide asthma management plan</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Disease Prevention and Control</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="19" identifier="13">Statewide Asthma Management</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Using such funds as may be appropriated therefor, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall develop, maintain, and revise biennially a written comprehensive state plan for (i) reducing the rate of hospitalizations due to asthma and (ii) facilitating the effective management of <span class="dictionary">persons</span> with asthma residing in the Commonwealth. The plan shall address, but shall not be limited to, disease surveillance and investigation, public and professional education, identification and replication of best practices for public health and clinical interventions, public and private partnerships with health care providers, third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> payors, local school divisions, and community coalitions, and identification of sources of grant funding. The plan shall place primary emphasis on, but not be limited to, children between the ages of birth and eighteen years. <a id="paragraph-1338489" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-73.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to develop the comprehensive state plan, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall consult with representatives of the medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health professions, public health agencies, community coalition leaders, insurers, hospital personnel, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Education and local school divisions, and other appropriate entities. <a id="paragraph-1338490" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-73.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 73, 134.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
