Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R305 - Administration
Rule R305-10 - Local Health Department Minimum Performance Standards
Section R305-10-10 - LHD Formula Language
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 305-10-10
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Section R305-10-10 specifies the formula for allocating state-appropriated funds to local health departments by contract.
(2) The amount of funds to be allocated between the Department and local health departments shall be determined by the Governance Committee as described in Subsection 19-1-201(4).
(3) The Department finds that due to the programmatic nature of environmental quality needs across the entire state and the fact that environmental quality matters can have varying degrees of severity on health and the environment, that population is not the sole relevant factor in determining need.
(4) The Department adopts the following formula pursuant to Section 26A-1-116 for reallocating to local health departments any increases or decreases in funds.
(a) The Department, in collaboration with the
Governance Committee, finds that an equal portion of funding shall be provided,
as funds become available and are appropriated by the Legislature for such
purpose, to each local health department up to one full time equivalent
position (FTE) in accordance with Subsection R305-10-6(4). The amount of
funding to cover one FTE shall be determined by the current average salary and
benefits cost for an environmental scientist III position within the
Department. If sufficient funds are not available to provide each local health
department with an FTE, then the Department shall provide an equal portion of
funding to each local health department, as is available each year, until such
a time the cost for one FTE is met. If additional funds are appropriated beyond
the cost to cover one FTE, then the following formula factors shall be applied
to allocate the additional funds.
(b) 80% of additional funds are divided among
the local health departments based on the percentage of the total state
population living within the geographical boundaries of the local health
department according to the most current estimate from the Governor's Office of
Planning and Budget. At a minimum this factor shall be evaluated by the
Governance Committee after the official Census of the Population is released
and four years after the official census is released.
(c) For a multi-county factor, 20% of
additional funds are divided among multi-county health departments as follows:
(i) the multi-county factor is made up of two
equal parts including the:
(A) number of
counties, which is half of the multi-county dollar amount, divided by the total
number of counties that make up each multi-county health department and that
number is multiplied by the number of counties in each multi-county health
department; and
(B) population
where each multi-county health department's population, based upon population
figures provided by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, divided by
the total population of each of the counties that make up each multi-county
health department and that number, a percentage, is multiplied by half of the
multi-county dollar amount.
(ii) The Department may, after consulting
with the Governance Committee, alter the formula to address documented needs
established by valid and accepted data in one or more local health department
jurisdictions.
(iii) At no time can
a local health department receive more than ten times the per capita amount
calculated under this formula than any other local health department.
(5) Subsections R305-10-10(5)(a) through (c) are exceptions applicable only to Section R305-10-10.
(a) If one or more counties of a
multi-county health department withdraw from the multi-county health department
pursuant to Subsection
26A-1-122(2),
the funds allocated to the original multi-county health department under the
formula specified in Section
26A-1-116, shall be reallocated
at the next funding cycle among the counties that made up that original
multi-county health department. Funds allocated to other local health
departments may not be considered for reallocation unless the entire formula is
reconsidered through the appropriate process as currently established by the
Governance Committee.
(b) The
Department shall assist in this effort to ensure an appropriate reallocation of
funds.
(c) The funding formula may
be reconsidered by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality Governance
Committee at an appropriate time that ensures the integrity of the statewide
environmental health system with no additional interruption to statewide
environmental health efforts.
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