HB 1737-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Directs the task force to recommend a source and level of dedicated funding the legislature should provide for public health services. The recommendation shall include methods to ensure that such funding does not supplant existing federal, state, and local funds received by any element of the public health system.

Requires the task force to complete a report to the governor and the legislature by July 1, 2006.