The commissioner of health shall implement a climate resiliency program to:

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(1) increase awareness of climate change;

(2) track the public health impacts of climate change and extreme weather events;

(3) provide technical assistance and tools that support climate resiliency to local public health departments, Tribal health departments, soil and water conservation districts, and other local governmental and nongovernmental organizations; and

(4) coordinate with the commissioners of the Pollution Control Agency, natural resources, and agriculture and other state agencies in climate resiliency related planning and implementation.