Title: Section 40-1.10 - Performance and accountability; reporting

Section 40-1.10 Performance and accountability; reporting

(a) The commissioner shall establish, in consultation with the local health departments and the New York State Association of County Health Officials, uniform statewide performance standards for the services funded pursuant to Article 6 of the Public Health Law; provided, however, that upon request the commissioner may approve a modification of a specific standard for a local health department if such local health department demonstrates adequate justification. The commissioner shall recognize the particular needs and capabilities of the various local health departments. The commissioner shall monitor the performance and expenditures of each local health department to ensure that each one satisfies the performance standards.

(b) The commissioner shall establish, in consultation with the local health departments and the New York State Association of County Health Officials, a uniform accounting system for monitoring the expenditures for services of each local health department to which aid is granted and the amount of state aid received including any performance payments pursuant to section six hundred nineteen-a of Article 6 of the Public Health Law. Such reporting system shall require information on the amount of public health moneys received from the federal government, the private sector, grants, and fees.