Section 19a-202 - (Formerly Sec. 19-75b). Payments to municipalities. Proportionate reduction of amount of payments to municipal health department(a) Upon application to the Department of Public Health any municipal health department shall annually receive from the state an amount equal to one dollar and ninety-three cents per capita, provided such municipality (1) employs a full-time director of health, except that if a vacancy exists in the office of director of health or the office is filled by an acting director for more than three months, such municipality shall not be eligible for funding unless the Commissioner of Public Health waives this requirement; (2) submits a public health program and budget which is approved by the Commissioner of Public Health; (3) appropriates not less than one dollar per capita, from the annual tax receipts, for health department services; (4) has a population of fifty thousand or more; and (5) meets the requirements of section 19a-207a, within available appropriations. Such municipal department of health may use additional funds, which the Department of Public Health may secure from federal agencies or any other source and which it may allot to such municipal department of health. The money so received shall be disbursed upon warrants approved by the chief executive officer of such municipality. The Comptroller shall annually in July and upon a voucher of the Commissioner of Public Health, draw the Comptroller's order on the State Treasurer in favor of such municipal department of health for the amount due in accordance with the provisions of this section and under rules prescribed by the commissioner. Any moneys remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall be included in the budget of such municipal department of health for the ensuing year. This aid shall be rendered from appropriations made from time to time by the General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for this purpose.(b) The amount of payments made by the state to municipal health departments under subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total amount of such payments and the payments made under subsection (a) of section 19a-245 in a fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of said subsections with respect to such fiscal year.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-202
(P.A. 78-251, S. 3, 4, 7; P.A. 85-421, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-414, S. 1, 3; P.A. 92-30; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 57, 166; P.A. 98-250, S. 16, 39; P.A. 00-216, S. 1, 28; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 61; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 40; P.A. 14-226, S. 2.)
Amended by P.A. 21-0002,S. 20 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 19-0117,S. 76 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 14-0226, S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.Amended by P.A. 09-0003, S. 40 of the Sept. 2009 Sp. Sess., eff. 10/6/2009.