Section 621. State aid; public health emergencies


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  • If the state commissioner
      or  a  county  health  department or part-county department of health or
      municipality, with the approval of the  state  commissioner,  determines
      that  there is an imminent threat to public health, the department shall
      reimburse counties or municipalities at fifty per centum for the cost of
      emergency measures as approved by the  department  and  subject  to  the
      approval  of  the  director  of  the  budget.  Such  funds shall be made
      available from funds appropriated for public health emergencies, only to
      those counties or municipalities, which have expended  all  other  state
      aid  which  may  be  available for related activities and have developed
      measures  to  adequately  address  the   emergency.   Reimbursement   is
      conditioned  upon  availability  of  appropriated funds. For purposes of
      this section, "municipality" means a health department of a city that is
      not located in a county or part-county health district or  a  county  in
      which  the legislature has the powers and duties of a board of health of
      a county or part-county health district and cities with a population  of
      over one million persons.