Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities
Section 19a-202a. - Requirements re municipality designating itself as having a part-time health department.

Any municipality may designate itself as having a part-time health department if: (1) The municipality has not had a full-time health department or been in a full-time health district as of January 1, 1998, and (2) the municipality has the equivalent of at least one full-time employee, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Health, who performs public health functions required by the general statutes and the regulations of Connecticut states agencies.

(P.A. 98-250, S. 18, 39; P.A. 99-125, S. 3; P.A. 00-216, S. 2, 28; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 39; P.A. 21-121, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 98-250 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-125 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to require that the municipality “annually submits a public health program plan and budget to the commissioner” rather than “develops a plan and timetable for the provision of health services”, amended Subsec. (c) to change “plan and timetable” to “program plan and budget” and made technical changes; P.A. 00-216 amended Subsec. (a) to increase annual per capita payment from $0.53 to $0.59, effective July 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease annual per capita payment to $0.49, effective August 20, 2003; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted former Subsec. (a) re state payments to part-time health departments, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made a conforming change in redesignated Subsec. (b), effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 21-121 amended Subsec. (a) to delete Subsec. designator, replaced “prior to” with “as of” in Subdiv. (1), added provision re performance of public health functions in Subdiv. (2), deleted former Subdivs. (3) and (4) re submission and approval of program plan and budget, deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2021.

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