§ 16-20-1-12 — Applicability; identification of metrics; spending of funds; waiver; report; no transfer of authority; posting of positions to the public

Indiana § 16-20-1-12

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 20: LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
• Ch. 1: Powers and Duties of Local Health Departments

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(a) This section applies to a local health
department in a county where the county executive has voted to receive
additional funding to provide core public health services.
(b) Before July 1, 2023, the state department shall identify state
level metrics for measuring the delivery of the core public health
services and progress on preventing or reducing the prevalence of
health issues impacting Indiana residents. Before December 31, 2024,
the state department shall, in coordination with local health
departments in a county described in subsection (a), identify the county
level metrics for measuring the delivery of the core public health
services.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the local board of health
shall spend the additional funds for core public health services as
follows:
(1) At least sixty percent (60%) on the following core public
health services:
(A) Communicable disease prevention and control.
(B) Vital statistics.
(C) Supporting student health as set forth in IC 16-18-2-79.5(14).
(D) Child fatality review.
(E) Suicide and overdose fatality review.
(F) Maternal and child health.
(G) Testing and counseling for HIV, hepatitis C, and other
sexually transmitted infections, in accordance with IC 20-30-5-13.
(H) Tuberculosis control and case management.
(I) Emergency preparedness.
(J) Referrals to clinical care as set forth in IC 16-18-2-79.5(22).
(K) The prevention and reduction of chronic illnesses.
(L) Screening and case management for childhood lead
exposure and poisoning.
(M) Health promotion and education for preventing trauma and
injury.
(N) Access to childhood and adult immunizations.
(2) Not more than forty percent (40%) on the following core
public health services:
(A) Food protection.
(B) Pest and vector control and abatement.
(C) Inspection and testing of public and semipublic pools.
(D) Residential onsite sewage system permitting and
inspections.
(E) Orders for the decontamination of property used to illegally
manufacture a controlled substance.
(F) Sanitary inspections and surveys of public buildings.
(G) Sanitary operation of tattoo parlors and body piercing
facilities.
(H) Sanitary operations of facilities where eyelash extensions
are applied.
(d) A local health department may request a waiver from the
percentage requirements set forth in subsection (c) if the following are
met:
(1) The local health department files a written waiver request with
the state department in a manner prescribed by the state
department.
(2) The state department shall consider the waiver request
submitted under subdivision (1). If the state department approves
the waiver request, the state department shall notify the budget
committee of any waiver that the state department approves and
include a review of the waiver.
(e) Each local health department that provides core public health
services shall report, using de-identified, aggregate data, the activities
and metrics on the delivery of the core public health services to the
state department semi-annually, in the form and manner determined by
the state department.
(f) The state department shall:
(1) collect and analyze the information reported to the state
department under subsection (e); and
(2) before July 1, 2024, develop and publish on the Internet a web
page that tracks the metrics identified in subsection (b) and
indicates any progress made in these metrics.
(g) The state department shall provide a report annually on the
information collected in subsection (e) to the legislative council in an
electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(h) The state department shall annually present the metrics
determined under this section to the budget committee.
(i) A county that accepts additional funding to provide core public
health services does not transfer any authority under statute in
operating the local health department to the state department in return
for the additional funding.
(j) Before a local health department may hire or contract for the
provision or administration of core public health services, the local
health department shall post the position or contract to the public for
at least thirty (30) days.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-4-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.164-2023, SEC.19; P.L.213-2025, SEC.151.