Bill Summaries: H579 (2019-2020 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 3 2019 - View summary

    Includes whereas clauses.

    Appropriates $8 million in recurring funds for 2019-20 and $8 million in recurring funds for 2020-21 from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, to be allocated to local health departments to expand local infrastructure for the surveillance, detection, control, and prevention of communicable diseases. Requires the Division to divide $4 million equally among the local health departments for each year of the 2019-21 biennium, with the remaining $4 million allocated to local health departments based on the percentage of the State population served by the departments. Effective July 1, 2019.