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212.794 Bases for funding and budgeting -- Accounting and records system -- Annual report.

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212.794 Bases for funding and budgeting -- Accounting and records system -- Annual report. (1) The cost of creating, establishing, and maintaining the independent district health department shall be paid by the participating local boards of health in proportion to <br>the taxable property of each county as determined by respective county assessments <br>and in accordance with revenues generated pursuant to authority under KRS <br>212.720 and 212.725. (2) The independent district health department shall be entitled to the same state aid as provided for county and district health departments under KRS 212.120, upon <br>notification of the establishment of the department being given to the cabinet, as <br>provided in KRS 212.120. Funding from the cabinet shall be continued at least at <br>the same level and proportion for similar public health activities the district after <br>enactment of KRS 212.780 to 212.794 as before. Modification of annual allotments <br>shall not be made unless in accordance with causes enumerated under the provisions <br>of KRS 212.120. (3) An independent district board of health may establish schedules of fees and charges for any services rendered by the department and may recover the fees and charges <br>for services from any person who receives services. (4) A board may make reasonable classifications in fee schedules based upon the financial ability of the person to pay and may vary charges in accordance with <br>income classifications but no fee charged shall exceed the approximate cost of <br>rendering such service. (5) The district director of health shall prepare a budget for the board's approval and set forth the total funds available from all sources for actual and estimated expenditure <br>during the fiscal year. Fiscal years shall begin on July 1 of each year and shall end <br>on June 30 of the following year. (6) A board shall install and maintain a system of accounting and records and shall file an annual report and other documents required by the fiscal courts, to the cabinet <br>and to the local boards of health within one hundred twenty (120) days of the close <br>of the board's fiscal year. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1990.