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Public health officials question higher fiscal estimate tied to bill on private-pool rentals
Summary
At a Senate Appropriations and Revenue subcommittee hearing in Frankfort, representatives from the Kentucky Department for Public Health said the department uses a base estimate of about $85,000 for a large-scale outbreak investigation and provided case counts and clarifications tied to a bill that would affect private-pool rentals.
At a Senate Appropriations and Revenue subcommittee hearing in Frankfort, representatives from the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) discussed cost estimates linked to Senate Bill 61, which addresses rental or commercial use of private swimming pools.
Julie Brooks, policy specialist with the Department for Public Health, told the committee DPH uses an "about $85,000" figure as a base estimate for a large-scale waterborne outbreak investigation. "That includes the staff time, the staff cost for doing things that are kind of over and above their normal scope of work and the laboratory cost involved collecting samples and analyzing those samples," Brooks said.
Brooks said the $85,000 estimate traces to a large outbreak in February 2014 and that DPH uses it as a working base.…
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