135A.8 - GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM FUND.
135A.8 GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM FUND.
1. The department is responsible for the funding of the
administrative costs for implementation of this chapter. A
governmental public health system fund is created as a separate fund
in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund
shall consist of moneys obtained from any source, including the
federal government, unless otherwise prohibited by law or the entity
providing the funding. Moneys deposited in the fund are appropriated
to the department for the public health purposes specified in this
chapter. Moneys in the fund shall not be transferred, used,
obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided
in this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the
governmental public health system fund at the end of the fiscal year
shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for
subsequent fiscal years.
2. The fund is established to assist local boards of health and
the department with the provision of governmental public health
system organizational capacity and public health service delivery and
to achieve and maintain voluntary accreditation in accordance with
the Iowa public health standards. At least seventy percent of the
funds shall be made available to local boards of health and up to
thirty percent of the funds may be utilized by the department.
3. Moneys in the fund may be allocated by the department to a
local board of health for organizational capacity and service
delivery. Such allocation may be made on a matching,
dollar-for-dollar basis for the acquisition of equipment, or by
providing grants to achieve and maintain voluntary accreditation in
accordance with the Iowa public health standards.
4. A local board of health seeking matching funds or grants under
this section shall apply to the department. The state board of
health shall adopt rules concerning the application and award process
for the allocation of moneys in the fund and shall establish the
criteria for the allocation of moneys in the fund if the moneys are
insufficient to meet the needs of local boards of health. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 182, §122, 126