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Commissioners approve single-county child fatality prevention team and accept state grant support
Summary
The board voted to establish a Columbus County-only child fatality prevention team in line with recent state statute changes and to accept state support for team work and training; commissioners asked staff to propose named appointees by May.
Columbus County commissioners voted to establish a single-county child fatality prevention team required under recent state law changes and to accept state support to operate the team.
Health Director Kim Smith explained session law changes (cited as N.C. Session Law 23-134) that strengthen the state's child fatality prevention system and require local child death review teams to report cases into the National Fatality Review Case Reporting System. Smith asked the board to adopt a resolution to form a Columbus…
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