Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (d), the state department shall provide funding each year from the local health maintenance fund under the following schedule to each local board of health whose application for funding is approved by the state department:

COUNTY POPULATION

AMOUNT OF GRANT

over -

499,999

$ 60,000

100,000 -

499,999

50,000

50,000 -

99,999

30,000

under -

50,000

20,000

(b) For purposes of determining the amount of a grant to a multiple county board of health, the state department shall regard each county of the multiple county health department as a separate county. A grant to a multiple county board of health must equal the total of grants that would be made to the separate counties based on the population of each county.

(c) A local board of health that desires to receive funding from the local health maintenance fund must file an application with the state department before May 1 of each year. The application must state how the funds will be spent. The state department may extend the deadline for filing an application upon a showing of good cause by the local board of health.

(d) If a county has more than one (1) local health department, the county fiscal body shall adopt an ordinance to allocate the funds provided to the county under subsection (a). This ordinance must provide that each local board of health in the county must receive an allocation of funds granted under subsection (a). The county fiscal body shall file a copy of the ordinance with the state department before May 1 of each year.

(e) By June 1 of each year, the state department shall:

(1) allocate money in the local health maintenance fund (for distribution the following January) to each local board of health whose application is approved in accordance with the schedule in subsection (a); and

(2) determine how much money in the local health maintenance fund has not been applied for.

The state department may use the money that has not been applied for or otherwise allocated to fund joint plans entered into by two (2) or more local boards of health or by a multiple county board as provided in subsections (g) and (i).

(f) If two (2) or more local boards of health cooperate in providing any of the services set out in section 3 of this chapter, those boards of health shall file a joint plan that must be approved by the state department. The joint plan must specify the following:

(1) The services to be provided under the plan.

(2) The cost of each service to be provided under the plan.

(3) The percentage of the total cost of services to be provided under the joint plan by each local board of health.

(g) If two (2) or more local boards of health join together to provide services in accordance with a joint plan filed with the state department of health under subsection (f), and the state department determines that the services to be provided under the joint plan are eligible for funding from the local health maintenance fund, the state department shall grant (in addition to the funds provided to each county in which the local boards of health are located under subsection (a)) an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to fund the joint plan. The state department shall grant money to fund joint plans that most effectively accomplish the following goals in accordance with standards adopted by the state department:

(1) Benefit the greatest number of people.

(2) Provide services in a cost effective manner.

(3) Address the most serious health care needs of the area served.

(4) Provide additional public health services in a medically underserved or economically distressed area.

This money shall be allocated directly to each local board of health participating in the joint plan in the same percentages specified in the joint plan under subsection (f)(3).

(h) A multiple county health board may file a plan under this section to provide any of the services set out in section 3 of this chapter. If the state department determines that the services to be provided under the plan submitted by a multiple county health board are eligible for funding from the local health maintenance fund, the state department shall grant (in addition to the funds provided under subsection (a) to each county in which the local boards of health are located) an amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to fund the plan.

(i) Services funded under this section must be in addition to, and not in place of, services funded at the local level.

As added by P.L.82-1993, SEC.3.