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Barren River health director urges Simpson County to consider 2.5-cent public-health taxing district; no vote taken
Summary
Barren River District Health Department officials briefed the fiscal court on required public-health services, statutory minimum rates and recommended establishing a local public-health taxing district at about 2.5 cents per $100 of assessed value; the court took no formal action.
Dr. Matt Hunt, executive director of the Barren River District Health Department, and colleague Kim Flora briefed the Simpson County Fiscal Court on June 25 about services the district provides and options for funding those services.
Dr. Hunt listed statutorily required public-health functions—disease management, community health needs assessments, environmental inspections of septic systems, restaurants and public pools, disaster response in concert with emergency management, mass immunization management, supplemental nutrition programs,…
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