{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-207a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-207a","heading":"Basic health program.","body":"Each district department of health and municipal health department shall ensure the provision of a basic health program that includes, but is not limited to, the following services for each community served by the district department of health and municipal health department: (1) Monitoring of health status to identify and solve community health problems; (2) investigating and diagnosing health problems and health hazards in the community; (3) informing, educating and empowering persons in the community concerning health issues; (4) mobilizing community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems for persons in the community; (5) developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts; (6) enforcing laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety; (7) connecting persons in the community to needed health care services when appropriate; (8) assuring a competent public health and personal care workforce; (9) evaluating effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services; and (10) researching to find innovative solutions to health problems.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368e*. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368e.htm#sec_19a-207a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"ddc3587a36083a40fae03417fea10e4d60aeb934d78e6d3f7be3c815babb28af","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-207","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}