Sec. 19a-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-75b). Payments to municipalities.
Sec. 19a-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-75b). Payments to municipalities. Upon application to the Department of Public Health any municipal health department shall annually receive from the state an amount equal to one dollar and eighteen cents per capita,
provided such municipality (1) employs a full-time director of health, except that if a
vacancy exists in the office of director of health or the office is filled by an acting director
for more than three months, such municipality shall not be eligible for funding unless
the Commissioner of Public Health waives this requirement; (2) submits a public health
program and budget which is approved by the Commissioner of Public Health; and (3)
appropriates not less than one dollar per capita, from the annual tax receipts, for health
department services. Such municipal department of health may use additional funds,
which the Department of Public Health may secure from federal agencies or any other
source and which it may allot to such municipal department of health. The money so
received shall be disbursed upon warrants approved by the chief executive officer of
such municipality. The Comptroller shall annually in July and upon a voucher of the
Commissioner of Public Health, draw the Comptroller's order on the State Treasurer
in favor of such municipal department of health for the amount due in accordance with
the provisions of this section and under rules prescribed by the commissioner. Any
moneys remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall be included in the budget
of such municipal department of health for the ensuing year. This aid shall be rendered
from appropriations made from time to time by the General Assembly to the Department
of Public Health for this purpose.
(P.A. 78-251, S. 3, 4, 7; P.A. 85-421, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-414, S. 1, 3; P.A. 92-30; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S.
12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 57, 166; P.A. 98-250, S. 16, 39; P.A. 00-216, S. 1, 28; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 1; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 61.)
History: Sec. 19-75b transferred to Sec. 19a-202 in 1983; P.A. 85-421 increased annual per capita payment to municipal
health departments from $0.20 to $0.30; P.A. 87-414 increased the per capita payments to municipal health departments
from to $0.52; P.A. 92-30 changed payment by the comptroller from September to July; P.A. 93-381 replaced department
and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective
July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-180 changed "treasurer" to "State Treasurer",
effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 98-250 increased the amount received from the state from $0.52 to $1.02, effective July 1,
1998; P.A. 00-216 made technical changes and increased annual per capita payment to $1.13, effective July 1, 2000; June
30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 decreased annual per capita payment to $0.94, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 increased per capita payment to municipal health departments from $0.94 to $1.18 and made a technical change, effective
July 1, 2007.