The Department provides funding to local health jurisdictions for building local public health capacity. This reduction represents 7 percent of that funding. Local public health uses these funds for activities such as disease surveillance, water quality protection, food safety, and infectious disease control. The Water Recreation Safety Program is eliminated effective July 1, 2000. The program provides statewide services in water quality and safety related to swimming pools, water parks, and natural bathing beaches.
Counties have an option of contracting a portion or all of the program activities.
Regulatory reform activities will be accomplished by redirecting other staff. Balance to Available Revenue Appropriation authority is reduced to estimated available revenue for the Emergency Medical and Trauma Care Services Account and the Youth Tobacco Prevention Account.