Learning Objectives: Describe how Pennsylvania implemented comprehensive tobacco control programs at the county levels and what was learned through the process.
Abstract: In 1998, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General joined the Attorneys General of 46 states, 5 territories and commonwealths, and the District of Columbia, in the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In order to direct funding for MSA activities, Act 77 of 2001 was signed into law by then Governor Tom Ridge in June 2001 and went into effect July 1, 2001. Highlights of the Act include that one hundred percent of the dollars were directed to health related programs. A total of $344 million was designated for State Fiscal Year 2001-2002, with $41.4 million for prevention and cessation. Details of Act 77 will be provided.
November 2001, the Division issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs at the county level. Each proposal had to address how the applicant was going to facilitate each of the Department’s 41 minimum deliverables, as well as each of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s nine components in the Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs.
Contract negotiations were completed in the spring of 2002 and the contract period was from May 2002 through April 2005.
Outcomes to be discussed will include innovative contracting mechanisms and the web-based reporting and evaluation system that was developed for use by the contractors. Other discussions will include lessons learned from this process.
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