{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-212.850","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 212.850","heading":"Establishment of district health departments.","body":"(1) Fiscal courts of all counties uniting to establish a district health department shall\ncertify to the cabinet a copy of their resolution for establishing a district health\ndepartment and providing for its maintenance and operation, and specifying the\namount of the appropriation therefor.\n(2) If the cabinet finds that such a district health department has been proposed in\naccordance with the provisions of KRS 212.810 to 212.930 and that the\nappropriations are adequate, the cabinet shall enter an order declari ng the district to\nbe established and a copy of the order shall be filed with the Secretary of State and\nwith the county clerk of each county concerned. When a district department of\nhealth is created all powers and duties of the county boards of health, e xcept as\notherwise provided in KRS 212.920, under existing statutes are transferred to the\ndistrict board of health. The cabinet shall, on or before July 1 in each year, allot to\neach such district health department such amount that the cabinet deems to\nconstitute a just and equitable share of funds available therefor from appropriation\nby the General Assembly, by grants and gifts received by this Commonwealth from\nthe government of the United States of America or from any of its agencies or\ninstrumentalities, and from other sources.\n(3) In determining the allotments referred to in subsection (2) of this section, the\ncabinet shall endeavor to provide for a distribution of the funds in a manner that is\nreasonably calculated to equalize, so far as practicable,  local health services to the\npeople of all counties served by the district health department. The cabinet may take\ninto consideration variations existing between districts by reasons of difference in\npopulation, resources, industrialization, tax assessmen ts and tax rates, and other\nlocal factors and conditions; the legislative intent being hereby declared to be that\ndistricts shall provide, from local sources of revenue that are available to them,\nfinancial support of district health departments to the ext ent of their respective\nabilities.\n(4) The cabinet may, in its discretion, alter or modify allotments from time to time and\nmay cancel any allotment whenever it finds that a particular district health\ndepartment is not maintained, operated and conducted in  accordance with the\nstandards prescribed by the cabinet. Nothing in this section shall be construed as\nrequiring the cabinet to allot all funds available for local health purposes, or as\nprohibiting the cabinet from allotting such portion thereof, as the cabinet may\ndetermine, to a reserve account which may be sub -allotted by the cabinet in such\nmanner that it considers proper in the event of emergencies, disaster or unforeseen\nevents without regard to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 212"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8689","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:16Z","sha256":"d48a1dd616bb4548a9b4a75a954b4b4c444f34ad683668c69f7454a31aed8b0a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-212.840","next":"us-ky/krs-212.855"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}