HHSC: Public Health Funding and Policy Committee

Regulatory
October 9, 2019
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General Duties of the Committee. (1) define the core public health services a local health entity should provide in a county or municipality; (2) evaluate public health in this state and identify initiatives for areas that need improvement;(3) identify all funding sources available for use by local health entities to perform core public health functions; (4) establish public health policy priorities for this state; and (5) at least annually, make formal recommendations to the department regarding: (A) the use and allocation of funds available exclusively to local health entities to perform core public health functions; (B) ways to improve the overall public health of citizens in this state; (C) methods for transitioning from a contractual relationship between the department and the local health entities to a cooperative-agreement relationship between the department and the local health entities; and (D) methods for fostering a continuous collaborative relationship between the departme

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