(a) Any municipality may designate itself as having a part-time health department if: (1) The municipality has not had a full-time health department or been in a full-time health district prior to January 1, 1998; (2) the municipality has the equivalent of at least one full-time employee, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Health; (3) the municipality annually submits a public health program plan and budget to the commissioner; and (4) the commissioner approves the program plan and budget.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the development and approval of the program plan and budget required by subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 98-250, S. 18, 39; P.A. 99-125, S. 3; P.A. 00-216, S. 2, 28; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 39.)
History: P.A. 98-250 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-125 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to require that the municipality “annually submits a public health program plan and budget to the commissioner” rather than “develops a plan and timetable for the provision of health services”, amended Subsec. (c) to change “plan and timetable” to “program plan and budget” and made technical changes; P.A. 00-216 amended Subsec. (a) to increase annual per capita payment from $0.53 to $0.59, effective July 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease annual per capita payment to $0.49, effective August 20, 2003; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted former Subsec. (a) re state payments to part-time health departments, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made a conforming change in redesignated Subsec. (b), effective October 6, 2009.
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