{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-212.120","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 212.120","heading":"Notice of establishment given Cabinet for Health and Family Services --","body":"Allocation of state funds to districts -- Equalization of allotments --\nModification and cancellation of allotments -- Appropriations not to lapse.\n(1) Upon the creation of a coun ty health department, the fiscal court of the county shall\nat once notify the Cabinet for Health and Family Services of the action of the county\nto create, establish, and maintain a county health department. When the duly\nqualified officials of a county ce rtify to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services\na true copy of the order or vote establishing a health department, and providing for\nits maintenance, and state the amount of the annual appropriation provided by the\ncounty the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall make an investigation as to\nthe necessity of the development of the department, and the adequacy of the\nappropriation provided by the county therefor, and shall report its findings to the\nGovernor.\n(2) If the Cabinet for Health and Famil y Services finds that such county health\ndepartment has been established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter\nand is being maintained, conducted, and operated in accordance with the standards\nprescribed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Ser vices, the Cabinet for Health\nand Family Services shall, on or before July 1 in each year, allot to each such county\nhealth department such amount that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services\ndeems to constitute a just and equitable share of all funds a vailable therefor by\nappropriation by the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, by grants and gifts\nreceived by this Commonwealth from the government of the United States of\nAmerica or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, and from other sources.\nProvided, however, that no allotment to any such county health department shall be\nless than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).\n(3) In determining the allotments referred to in subsection (2) of this section, the\nCabinet for Health and Family Services  shall endeavor to provide for a distribution\nof the funds in a manner that is reasonably calculated to equalize, so far as\npracticable, local health services to the people of all counties served by the county\nhealth departments. The Cabinet for Health and  Family Services may take into\nconsideration variations existing between counties by reasons of difference in\npopulation, resources, industrialization, tax assessments and tax rates, and other\nlocal factors and conditions; the legislative intent being here by declared to be that\ncounties shall provide, from local sources of revenue that are available or that may\nbe made available to them, financial support of county health departments to the\nextent of their representative abilities.\n(4) The Cabinet for Healt h and Family Services may, in its discretion alter or modify\nallotments from time to time and shall cancel any allotment whenever it finds that\nthere is no further need or necessity for a particular county health department for\nwhose benefit the allotment was made or whenever a particular county health\ndepartment for whose benefit an allotment was made is not maintained, operated,\nand conducted in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Cabinet for\nHealth and Family Services. Nothing in this section  shall be construed as requiring\nthe Cabinet for Health and Family Services to allot all funds available for local\nhealth purposes, or as prohibiting the department from allotting such portion\nthereof, as the department may determine, to a reserve account which may be\nsuballotted by the department in such a manner that it considers proper in the event\nof emergencies, disaster, or unforeseen events, without regard to the provisions of\nsubsection (3) of this section.\n(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 45.229 and any other provision of the\nKentucky Revised Statutes, any unexpended or unencumbered balance of any\nappropriations made available for allotment and expenditure, as provided above, for\nthe first fiscal year of each biennium, remaining at the end of such fiscal year, shall\nbe carried forward and be available for expenditure at any time during the ensuing\nfiscal year within the biennium and no portion thereof shall lapse to the general\nfund.","path":["KRS Chapter 212"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8580","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:15Z","sha256":"4e947afec4e690756a88b8fdd5014cf7e8459b6f4dcb403b4e5d97c5dc1e8ebd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-212.110","next":"us-ky/krs-212.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}