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Kentucky public health officials cite testing and labor costs as reason for higher fiscal estimate on private-pool rentals
Summary
Department for Public Health told senators that large-scale waterborne outbreak investigations can cost about $85,000 each and that private pools rented to the public could increase laboratory and investigation costs; lawmakers questioned a 50–100 incident estimate and disputed available case counts
Department for Public Health staff told the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee that a large-scale waterborne or foodborne disease outbreak investigation costs roughly $85,000 and that the department’s laboratory costs could rise if private swimming pools are rented to the public.
“ We have a cost estimate of about $85,000 for any type of large scale waterborne, foodborne disease outbreak investigation,” Julie Brooks, a policy specialist with the Department for Public Health, said. The department said that figure covers additional staff time beyond routine work and laboratory costs, and that the figure derives from a large outbreak investigation in February 2014.
Brooks and branch managers told the committee the department’s estimate that…
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