The state department, with the cooperation of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, shall establish a chronic disease registry for the purpose of:

1. (1) recording chronic disease cases that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana; and
2. (2) compiling necessary and appropriate information determined by the state department concerning cases described in subdivision

3. (1) in order to do the following:

   1. (A) Conduct epidemiologic and environmental surveys of chronic disease and use appropriate preventive and control measures.
   2. (B) Inform citizens regarding programs designed to manage chronic disease.

As added by P.L.212-2003, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.152-2017, SEC.36.