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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 121.0065. Grants For Essential Public Health Services

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§ 121.0065. GRANTS FOR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
SERVICES.  (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department 
shall administer a program under which appropriated money may be 
granted to counties, municipalities, public health districts, and 
other political subdivisions for use by the counties, 
municipalities, public health districts, and other political 
subdivisions to provide or pay for essential public health 
services.
	(b)  The grants authorized by Subsection (a) shall be 
distributed equally between urban and rural areas of the state.
	(c)  The board shall adopt rules governing:                                    
		(1)  the allocation formula for grants awarded under 
this section;          
		(2)  the manner in which a municipality, county, public 
health district, or other political subdivision applies for a 
grant;
		(3)  the procedures for awarding grants;  and                                 
		(4)  the minimum essential public health services to be 
provided under the grant and other standards applicable to the 
services to be provided under the grant.
	(d)  A municipality, county, public health district, or 
other political subdivision that receives a grant under this 
section, in consultation with the department, shall develop a plan 
to evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of the 
essential public health services that are provided under the grant.  
The plan must:
		(1)  identify the outcomes that are intended to result 
from the use of the grant money and establish a mechanism to measure 
those outcomes;  and
		(2)  establish performance standards for the delivery 
of essential public health services and a mechanism to measure 
compliance with those standards.
	(e)  The governing body of the municipality, the 
commissioners court of the county, or the members of a public health 
district may appoint a local health board to monitor the use of the 
money received under this section.
	(f)  A public health board established under Section 121.034 
or 121.046 may serve as the local health board authorized under 
Subsection (e).
	(g)  The governing body of the municipality or the 
commissioners court of a county may serve as the local health board 
authorized under Subsection (e).  If the governing body of the 
municipality or the commissioners court of the county elects to 
serve as the local health board, the governing body or 
commissioners court may appoint an advisory committee to advise the 
governing body or commissioners court with respect to the use of the 
money granted under this section.
	(h)  Chapter 783, Government Code, and standards adopted 
under that chapter control if applicable to a grant made under this 
section.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, § 2, eff. June 19, 1999.          

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