§ 16-19-3-2 — Support to local health departments; technical support; funding

Indiana § 16-19-3-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 19: STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
• Ch. 3: Powers and Duties of State Department of Health and

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(a) The state department may provide services
to support local health departments.
(b) The state department or contractor of the state department may
make available technical support for the following services to local
health departments that provide core public health services:
(1) Epidemiology.
(2) Data analytics.
(3) Legal services.
(4) Communications.
(5) Grants.
(6) Training.
(7) Accreditation.
(8) Assistance with reporting requirements, metric development,
and metric tracking.
The state department may provide additional technical support, as
determined by the state department.
(c) The legal services provided under subsection (b) are limited to
technical support. A state department attorney may not represent a
local health department as the local health department's counsel.
(d) The state department may provide funding to local health
departments to defray the costs of accreditation.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.164-2023, SEC.14.