NY Pub Health L § 602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 6 - State Aid to Cities and Counties Title 1 - State Aid for Basic Services 602 - Core Public Health Services.

§ 602. Core public health services. 1. To be eligible for state aid, a municipality must provide the following core public health services:  (a)  Family  health, which shall include activities designed to reduce perinatal, infant and maternal mortality and morbidity  and  to  promote the health of infants, children, adolescents, and people of childbearing age.  Such  activities  shall include family centered perinatal services and other services appropriate to promote the birth of a healthy baby to a healthy mother, and services to assure that infants,  young  children, and  school  age  children  are enrolled in appropriate health insurance programs and other health benefit programs for which they are  eligible, and  that  the  parents  or guardians of such children are provided with information concerning health care providers  in  their  area  that  are willing  and able to provide health services to such children. Provision of primary  and  preventive  clinical  health  care  services  shall  be eligible   for  state  aid  for  uninsured  persons  under  the  age  of twenty-one, provided that the municipality makes good faith  efforts  to assist  such  persons with insurance enrollment and only until such time as enrollment becomes effective. Provision of prenatal  clinical  health care services shall be eligible for state aid for uninsured women of any age,  provided  that the municipality makes good faith efforts to assist such women with  insurance  enrollment  and  only  until  such  time  as enrollment becomes effective.  (b)  Communicable  disease  control, which shall include activities to control and mitigate the extent of infectious diseases. Such  activities shall  include,  but not be limited to, surveillance and epidemiological programs,  programs  to  detect  diseases   in   their   early   stages, immunizations against infectious diseases, investigation of diseases and prevention   of  transmission,  prevention  and  treatment  of  sexually transmissible diseases, and arthropod vector-borne disease prevention.  (c) Chronic disease prevention, which shall include promoting  public, health  care  provider  and  other community service provider activities that encourage chronic disease prevention, early detection  and  quality care  delivery.  Such  activities include, but are not limited to, those that promote healthy communities and reduce risk factors such as tobacco use, poor nutrition  and  physical  inactivity.  Provision  of  clinical services shall not be eligible for state aid, subject to such exceptions as the commissioner may deem appropriate.  (d)  Community  health assessment, as described in section six hundred two-a of this article.  (e) Environmental health, which shall include activities that  promote health and prevent illness and injury by assuring that safe and sanitary conditions  are  maintained  at  public  drinking  water  supplies, food service establishments, and other  regulated  facilities;  investigating public  health  nuisances  to  assure  abatement by responsible parties; protecting the public from unnecessary exposure to radiation, chemicals, and  other  harmful  contaminants;  and  conducting  investigations   of incidents  that  result in illness, injury or death in order to identify and mitigate the environmental causes to  prevent  additional  morbidity and mortality.  (f)  Public  health  emergency  preparedness  and  response, including planning,  training,  and  maintaining  readiness  for   public   health emergencies.   2.  The  municipality  must  incorporate  into each core public health service the following general activities:  (a) ongoing assessment of community health needs;  (b) education on public health issues;  (c) development of policies and plans to address health needs; and  (d) actions to assure that services necessary to achieve  agreed  upon goals are provided.   3.  The  commissioner may approve a state aid application in which the municipality actually provides fewer services than those  set  forth  in subdivision  one  of  this section as long as the application identifies the availability of other services, who will provide those services  and the manner in which the services will be provided and financed.   4.   The   commissioner   shall   consult   with   the  county  health commissioners, public health directors, and boards of public health when promulgating rules and regulations  to  effectuate  the  provisions  and purposes  of  this article. The commissioner shall not have the power to prescribe the number of persons to be employed by any municipality.