                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FUNDING LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS; COOPERATIVE LOCAL HEALTH BUDGET; REPORT (§
32.1-34.3)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Cooperative local health budget&#8221; means the total amount of state
funds, local matching funds, and estimated self-generated local service revenues
allocated to support a local department of health.
			&#8220;Estimated self-generated local service revenues&#8221; means the
amount of funds projected to be received by a local department of health from
fees charged to individuals or third-party payment sources for services and
permits.
			&#8220;Local matching funds&#8221; means the amount of funds that a county or
city shall be required to contribute to the cooperative local health budget for
the local health department that serves that county or city.
			&#8220;Revenue generation capacity factor&#8221; means the result of a
formula that (i) determines a county&#8217;s or city&#8217;s revenue capacity
relative to the state revenue capacity, (ii) determines a county&#8217;s or
city&#8217;s median household income relative to the statewide median household
income, and (iii) adjusts the amount determined in clause (i) by the amount
determined in clause (ii).

B. Funding for local health departments shall consist of such state funds as may
be allocated for the operation of the local health department together with
local matching funds and estimated self-generated local service revenues, the
total amount of which shall constitute the collective local health budget
available to a local department of health.

C. The amount of local matching funds a county or city shall be required to
contribute to the cooperative local health budget shall be determined by the
Department on the basis of the county&#8217;s or city&#8217;s revenue generation
capacity factor. However, in no case shall the amount of local matching funds
required be greater than 45 percent or less than 18 percent of the total amount
of the cooperative local health budget for the local health department that
serves the county or city, after deducting estimated self-generated local
service revenues.

D. The Department shall biennially review the local matching fund amount for
each county and city in the Commonwealth and determine whether such amount
should be revised as a result of changes to the county&#8217;s or city&#8217;s
revenue generation capacity factor. The Department shall report the results of
such review and any recommendations for changes to a county&#8217;s or
city&#8217;s local matching fund amount to the Governor and the General
Assembly.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 203.