New Jersey § 26:1a-97

§ 26:1a-97.

The State Department of Health shall within funds appropriated and available therefor

be charged with the responsibility of carrying out the obligations herein assumed

by the State as its share of the task of providing for prevention, early detection

and control of chronic illness and rehabilitation of the chronic sick and it shall

also: (a) Arrange for joint discussion of the general problem of the chronic sick with representatives

of all State agencies and departments engaged in health, welfare and education and

with representatives of the several counties, municipalities and health districts,

general and special hospitals, voluntary agencies and institutions, and the medical,

dental, nursing and allied professions, for the purpose of formulating an adequate

program for dealing with the problem of the chronic sick and to determine a formula

for the ultimate division of the governmental share of the cost thereof between municipalities,

counties and the State; (b) Plan for the provision of adequate visiting nurse and housekeeping aid services

by appropriate public or private agencies throughout the State, to the end that the

nursing and medical care being furnished the chronic sick in their own homes shall

be improved in every manner possible; (c) Collect and prepare all available information designed to acquaint the professions

and the public with the best and most modern methods of preventing chronic sickness

and its early detection and control, and caring for and rehabilitating the chronic

sick, and arranging for the distribution thereof through all possible media so that

the greatest number of persons may benefit therefrom; (d) Collect, prepare and distribute information including statistics which will afford

the general public greater insight into the significance, character and magnitude

of the problem of prevention of chronic sickness as well as insight into the problem

of the care and rehabilitation of the chronic sick in order to secure a more active

interest of the general public in such problems; (e) Perform and encourage research activities as to the best and most modern methods

of prevention, discovery, treatment and cure of chronic diseases and the care and

rehabilitation of persons affected and for the analysis of such data and for the dissemination

of such information to the professions and agencies engaged in providing for the chronic

sick, as well as to the general public; (f) In effectuation of (e), study the problem of prevention and detection of all types

of chronic disease by laboratory, statistical and community co-operative methods and

by such other methods as may be deemed advisable; (g) Assist in promoting and strengthening of child and adult health programs for the

purpose of preventing or retarding the development of chronic illnesses; (h) Maintain and expand co-operative relationships with all professional and public

and private agencies responsible for and interested in, the prevention and detection

of chronic illness and in the care and rehabilitation of the chronic sick.