Bill Summaries: S 347 STUDY UNIFIED PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.

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  • Summary date: Mar 18 2013 - View Summary

    Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to study, by May 1, 2013, the concept of a unified public health system for the state and report on the feasibility of establishing such a system to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Program Evaluation Division. Requires that the report include at least six specified elements including evaluation the state's publicly financed health services compared to at least 12 other states, an evaluation of the publicly financed health service delivery structure in the state, and an evaluation of the governance structure of public health and mental health.