Relating to the protection and improvement of public health, and making an appropriation

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2021
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2021
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The state would provide extra money from its general fund to the department of public health for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Local boards of health can use these funds to improve public health and support activities related to COVID-19. Any money not spent by the end of the fiscal year will stay available for these specific purposes instead of being returned to the state.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill makes an appropriation from the general fund of the state to the department of public health for fiscal year 2021-2022, in addition to any other funding appropriated or otherwise provided for such purposes for the same fiscal year, for distribution to local boards of health for the protection and improvement of public health including the support of COVID-19 related activities. Moneys appropriated under the bill do not revert at the close of the fiscal year but remain available for the purpose designated.

Full bill text²

Senate subcommittee

Named February 3, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Lobbying

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