12. The commission shall report annually to the Governor and to each Senate and General Assembly committee with responsibility for issues affecting children, health and human services on the status of the program. The report shall include information about the number of participants in the program, average expenditures per participant, the nature and type of catastrophic illnesses for which the fund provided financial assistance, and the average income and expenditures of families who received financial assistance under the program. The commission also may make recommendations for changes in the law and regulations governing the fund.

L.1987,c.370,s.12; amended 1998, c.143, s.6.