§ 614. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. “County”, any county of the state other than one wholly embraced within a city or any combinations of counties or parts of a county that constitutes a health district. 2. “City”, each city of the state having a population of one million or […]
§ 615. State aid; form. The appropriations made or to be made for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article shall be available, in accordance with certificates of approval issued or to be issued by the director of the budget, to the commissioner for the payment of state aid to municipalities.
§ 616. Limitations on state aid. 1. The total amount of state aid provided pursuant to this article shall be limited to the amount of the annual appropriation made by the legislature. In no event, however, shall such state aid be less than an amount to provide the full base grant and, as otherwise provided […]
§ 617. Maintenance of effort. Such amount of state aid provided will be used to support and to the extent practicable, to increase the level of funds that would otherwise be made available for such purposes and not to supplant the amount to be provided by the municipalities. If a municipality that is provided state […]
§ 618. Performance and accountability. The commissioner shall establish, in consultation with the municipalities, uniform statewide performance standards for the services funded pursuant to this article; provided, however, the commissioner may modify a specific standard for a municipality if such municipality demonstrates adequate justification. The commissioner shall recognize the particular needs and capabilities of the […]
§ 619. Commissioner; regulatory powers. The commissioner shall adopt regulations to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this article, including, but not limited to: 1. setting standards of performance for the provision of core public health services which shall include performance criteria to ensure that reimbursable health services are delivered in an efficient and effective […]
§ 619-a. Incentive standards of performance. 1. The commissioner may establish statewide incentive performance standards for the delivery of core public health services. 2. Within amounts appropriated, and subject to the approval of the director of the budget, the commissioner may increase state aid to any municipality that meets or exceeds statewide incentive performance standards […]
§ 620. Public health services program audit recoveries. All monies received or recovered by the department after the effective date of this section as a result of any audit exception assessed against the state aid reimbursement to a municipality under this article shall be deposited in the local public health services program account.
§ 621. State aid; public health emergencies. If the state commissioner or a county health department or part-county department of health or municipality, with the approval of the state commissioner, determines that there is an imminent threat to public health, the department shall reimburse counties or municipalities at fifty per centum for the cost of […]
