Bill > LB203

This bill modifies the powers and duties of health directors in certain local public health departments and establishes requirements for community-wide directed health measures, which are defined as public health actions affecting an entire community when there are no known epidemiological links (instances where an individual may have been exposed to a communicable disease through plausible transmission). Specifically, the bill requires health directors to obtain written approval from a majority of publicly elected representatives on the county board (or city council for city-county departments) before issuing community-wide directed health measures, and these measures must then be ratified by the local board of health. Furthermore, any such measure will automatically expire after seven days unless reauthorized through the same approval process. The bill also clarifies that "written" approval can include electronic records and allows for virtual conferencing for certain public body duties.

Health and Social Services

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