Utah § 19-1-111 - Governance committee with local health departments.
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§ 19-1-111. Governance committee with local health departments.
Effective 5/6/2026 19-1-111.
Governance committee with local health departments.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Exempt application" means an application for federal funding that meets the criteria established under Subsection (3)(g).
(b)
"Federal funding" means a grant, contract, or other funding from the federal government that could provide funds for a local health department to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the local health department.
(c)
"Governance committee" means the committee created in Subsection (2).
(2)
The department shall establish a committee that consists of:
(a)
the executive director or the executive director's designee;
(b)
two representatives of the department appointed by the executive director; and
(c)
three representatives of local health departments appointed by a group representing all the local health departments in the state.
(3)
The governance committee shall:
(a)
review all state and federal funding to the department to identify funding that the department may use to support:
the minimum performance standards created by the department under Subsection 26A-1-106(4);
(b)
review the allocation of environmental quality resources between the department and the local health departments, including whether funds allocated by contract or cooperative agreement were:
(i)
allocated in accordance with the formula described in Section 26A-1-116; and
(ii)
subject to requirements satisfying or exceeding the minimum performance standards created by the department under Section 26A-1-106;
(c)
evaluate rules and department policies that affect a local health department in accordance with Subsection (4);
(d)
consider policy changes proposed by the department or by a local health department;
(e)
coordinate the implementation of environmental quality programs to maximize environmental quality resources;
(f)
except as provided by Subsection (3)(g), review each department application for any federal funding that affects a local health department before the department submits the application; and
(g)
establish a process by which the committee may exempt an application for federal funding from the review required under Subsection (3)(f).
(4)
When evaluating a policy or rule that affects a local health department, the governance committee shall:
(a)
compute an estimate of the cost a local health department will bear to comply with the policy or rule;
(b)
specify whether there is any funding provided to a local health department to implement the policy or rule; and
(c)
advise whether the policy or rule is needed.
(5)
The governance committee shall create bylaws to govern the committee's operations.
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