Subvenciones para Servicios Esenciales de Salud Pública

Sec. 121.0065. GRANTS FOR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall administer a program under which appropriated money may be granted to counties, municipalities, public health districts, and other political subdivisions for use by the counties, municipalities, public health districts, and other political subdivisions to provide or pay for essential public health services. (b) The grants authorized by Subsection (a) shall be distributed equally between urban and rural areas of the state. Statute text rendered on: 9/10/2024 - 681 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing: (1) the allocation formula for grants awarded under this section; (2) the manner in which a municipality, county, public health district, or other political subdivision applies for a grant; (3) the procedures for awarding grants; and (4) the minimum essential public health services to be provided under the grant and other standards applicable to the services to be provided under the grant. (d) A municipality, county, public health district, or other political subdivision that receives a grant under this section, in consultation with the department, shall develop a plan to evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of the essential public health services that are provided under the grant. The plan must: (1) identify the outcomes that are intended to result from the use of the grant money and establish