2009/05/18 RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMROVEMENT PLAN AS CONTAINED IN SENATE BILL 202HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE
"PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN"
AS CONTAINED IN SENATE BILL 202
WHEREAS, Section 10.26 Senate Bill 202 contains a provision entitled "Public Health
Improvement Plan"; and
WHEREAS, the Public Health Improvement Plan was proposed with no input from local
government officials or local and state public health professionals; and
WHEREAS, the plan sets out an unreasonable timeline for such reform of the current
public health system; and
WHEREAS, the plan calls for no additional public health funding, rather a redistribution
of the existing, insufficient funds with no defined distribution formulas; and
WHEREAS, the plan calls for the creation of a Public Health Improvement Plan Task
Force which is a duplication of the existing Public Health Task Force; and
WHEREAS, many North Carolina counties are in the process of re- building the mental
health infrastructure requiring greater contributions of local funds; and
WHEREAS, the same North Carolina counties can ill afford alteration of the public
health infrastructure requiring greater local funding to provide core public health services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Harnett County Board of
Commissioners is opposed to Section 10.26 of Senate Bill 202 or any other budget provision
entitled Public Health Improvement Plan and stands opposed to any efforts to reform public
health absent appropriate planning and input from local government officials and local public
health professionals.
„; Ad'opte`d;.�iis 18a' day of May, 2009
HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Timothy cNeill, Chairmaif
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Kay 19. Blanchard, Clerk to the Board