Ind. Code § 16-19-3-2
Support to local health departments; technical support; funding
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 2. (a) The state department may establish, operate, and maintain branch offices. The number of branch offices shall be determined by the state department.
(b) The purpose of authorizing the creation of branch offices is to furnish a more comprehensive and effective health program to the people of Indiana and to provide additional assistance to all local health officials. The legislative intent of this section is to authorize the establishment of branch offices as a means of assisting, but not limiting, the powers possessed by local health agencies.
Sec. 2. (a) The state department may provide services to support local health departments.
(b) The state department or contractor of the state department may make available technical support for the following services to local health departments that provide core public health services:
(1) Epidemiology.
(2) Data analytics.
(3) Legal services.
(4) Communications.
(5) Grants.
(6) Training.
(7) Accreditation.
(8) Assistance with reporting requirements, metric development, and metric tracking.
The state department may provide additional technical support, as determined by the state department.
(c) The legal services provided under subsection (b) are limited to technical support. A state department attorney may not represent a local health department as the local health department's counsel.
(d) The state department may provide funding to local health departments to defray the costs of accreditation.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.