Public Health Bracing For More Cuts Without A State Budget
From the Bloomington Pantagraph
Public health administrators are worried that the ongoing absence of a state budget will diminish health departments' abilities to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, inspect restaurants and regulate private sewage systems and drinking water.
"Local health departments exist to limit the spread of infectious disease," such as mumps, said Walt Howe, McLean County Health Department director. "When the state fails to pass a budget, the residents eventually will pay the price."
MaLinda Hillman, administrator of the Livingston County Health Department, said, "This (state budget impasse) is out of our control but we are expected to continue to provide services."
Without a state budget, health departments have received no state money since July 1.
Public health administrators are pushing for passage of Senate Bill 2178, which would provide $17.1 million to help fund core public health programs until a state budget is passed.
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From the Bloomington Pantagraph
Public health administrators are worried that the ongoing absence of a state budget will diminish health departments' abilities to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, inspect restaurants and regulate private sewage systems and drinking water.
"Local health departments exist to limit the spread of infectious disease," such as mumps, said Walt Howe, McLean County Health Department director. "When the state fails to pass a budget, the residents eventually will pay the price."
MaLinda Hillman, administrator of the Livingston County Health Department, said, "This (state budget impasse) is out of our control but we are expected to continue to provide services."
Without a state budget, health departments have received no state money since July 1.
Public health administrators are pushing for passage of Senate Bill 2178, which would provide $17.1 million to help fund core public health programs until a state budget is passed.
Read more in our daily News Update...