212.794 Bases for funding and budgeting -- Accounting and records system -- Annual report. - Kentucky Statutes

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212.794 Bases for funding and budgeting -- Accounting and records system -- Annual report. (1) The cost of creating, establishing, and maintaining the independent district health department shall be paid by the participating local boards of health in proportion to
the taxable property of each county as determined by respective county assessments
and in accordance with revenues generated pursuant to authority under KRS
212.720 and 212.725. (2) The independent district health department shall be entitled to the same state aid as provided for county and district health departments under KRS 212.120, upon
notification of the establishment of the department being given to the cabinet, as
provided in KRS 212.120. Funding from the cabinet shall be continued at least at
the same level and proportion for similar public health activities the district after
enactment of KRS 212.780 to 212.794 as before. Modification of annual allotments
shall not be made unless in accordance with causes enumerated under the provisions
of KRS 212.120. (3) An independent district board of health may establish schedules of fees and charges for any services rendered by the department and may recover the fees and charges
for services from any person who receives services. (4) A board may make reasonable classifications in fee schedules based upon the financial ability of the person to pay and may vary charges in accordance with
income classifications but no fee charged shall exceed the approximate cost of
rendering such service. (5) The district director of health shall prepare a budget for the board's approval and set forth the total funds available from all sources for actual and estimated expenditure
during the fiscal year. Fiscal years shall begin on July 1 of each year and shall end
on June 30 of the following year. (6) A board shall install and maintain a system of accounting and records and shall file an annual report and other documents required by the fiscal courts, to the cabinet
and to the local boards of health within one hundred twenty (120) days of the close
of the board's fiscal year. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 75, sec. 8, effective July 13, 1990.