To authorize funding for various public health services and initiatives. The bill creates an emergency preparedness system. The bill also creates a disease response system and a program to halt the increase of sexually transmitted diseases and related items. See companion HB 1825.   Official Text and Analysis.

To eliminate the components of the distributional formula related to the median spending by local health jurisdictions, annual spending that exceeds the previous years, and funding for multicounty collaboration. The distribution of $5,425,000 is to be divided equally among all jurisdictions and is not dependent upon hiring two employees. The Public Health Improvement Committee is eliminated. The list of activities and services that qualify as core public health functions of statewide significance and the performance measures are to be developed by the Department with an expanded group of interested parties that must be engaged in the process.