                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO DEVELOP
LONG-TERM CARE PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN (§ 2.2-213.1)

A. In order to respond to the burgeoning population of seniors in the
Commonwealth, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Commissioner
of Insurance shall develop a public information campaign to inform the citizens
of the Commonwealth of (i) the impending crisis in long-term care, (ii) the
effect of the impending crisis on the Virginia Medicaid program and on the
finances of families and their estates, (iii) innovative alternatives and
combinations of institutional and community-based long-term care services, and
(iv) the requirements for long-term care insurance certificates and policies and
the meaning of terminology used in such certificates and policies.

B. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the Commissioner of Insurance
shall enlist the assistance of the Board of Health and the Commissioner of
Health, in the exercise of their responsibilities set forth in Title 32.1 to
protect, implement, and preserve the public health, in disseminating the
information concerning long-term care to the public.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 92.