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Subcommittee adopts substitute to require creation of separate Hampton district health department under state operation
Summary
A substitute to Senate Bill 833 would require the City of Hampton to enter into a contract with the State Department of Health to operate a separate district health department staffed by state employees; the subcommittee adopted the substitute and recommended the bill for reporting.
Senator Locke presented a substitute to Senate Bill 833 that changes the bill from permissive to mandatory: instead of permitting the local governing body of the City of Hampton to enter into a contract with the State Department of Health, the substitute requires the contract and directs the state health commissioner to appoint the local director of the new district health department. Under the substitute, employees of the new district health department would be employees of the Virginia…
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