Sec. 19a-202b. Payments to municipalities: Distribution of excess funds.
Sec. 19a-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-75b). Payments to municipalities. Proportionate reduction of amount of payments to municipal health department. (a) Upon application to the Department of Public Health any municipal health department shall annually receive from the state an amount equal to one dollar and eighteen cents per capita, provided such municipality (1) employs a full-time director of health, except that if a vacancy exists in the office of director of health or the office is filled by an acting director for more than three months, such municipality shall not be eligible for funding unless the Commissioner of Public Health waives this requirement; (2) submits a public health program and budget which is approved by the Commissioner of Public Health; (3) appropriates not less than one dollar per capita, from the annual tax receipts, for health department services; (4) has a population of fifty thousand or more; and (5) meets the requirements of section 19a-207a, within available appropriations. Such municipal department of health may use additional funds, which the Department of Public Health may secure from federal agencies or any other source and which it may allot to such municipal department of health. The money so received shall be disbursed upon warrants approved by the chief executive officer of such municipality. The Comptroller shall annually in July and upon a voucher of the Commissioner of Public Health, draw the Comptroller's order on the State Treasurer in favor of such municipal department of health for the amount due in accordance with the provisions of this section and under rules prescribed by the commissioner. Any moneys remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall be included in the budget of such municipal department of health for the ensuing year. This aid shall be rendered from appropriations made from time to time by the General Assembly to the Department of Public Health for this purpose.
(b) The amount of payments made by the state to municipal health departments under subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total amount of such payments and the payments made under subsection (a) of section 19a-245 in a fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of said subsections with respect to such fiscal year.
(P.A. 78-251, S. 3, 4, 7; P.A. 85-421, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-414, S. 1, 3; P.A. 92-30; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 57, 166; P.A. 98-250, S. 16, 39; P.A. 00-216, S. 1, 28; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 61; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 40; P.A. 14-226, S. 2; P.A. 19-117, S. 76.)
History: Sec. 19-75b transferred to Sec. 19a-202 in 1983; P.A. 85-421 increased annual per capita payment to municipal health departments from $0.20 to $0.30; P.A. 87-414 increased the per capita payments to municipal health departments from to $0.52; P.A. 92-30 changed payment by the comptroller from September to July; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-180 changed “treasurer” to “State Treasurer”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 98-250 increased the amount received from the state from $0.52 to $1.02, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 00-216 made technical changes and increased annual per capita payment to $1.13, effective July 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 decreased annual per capita payment to $0.94, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 increased per capita payment to municipal health departments from $0.94 to $1.18 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2007; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 added Subdiv. (4) requiring that municipality have population of 50,000 or more to be eligible for state payments, effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 14-226 added Subdiv. (5) re requirements of Sec. 19a-207a; P.A. 19-117 designated existing provisions re amount each municipal health department is to receive from the state as Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (b) re proportionate reduction of payments made by the state to municipal health departments, effective July 1, 2019.
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Sec. 19a-202b. Payments to municipalities: Distribution of excess funds. Section 19a-202b is repealed, effective July 1, 2019.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 1, 72; P.A. 19-117, S. 398.)
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Sec. 19a-231. Inspection of salons. Guidelines re inspection standards. Infection prevention and control plan guidelines. Fee. (a) As used in this section, “salon” includes any shop, store, day spa or other commercial establishment at which the practice of barbering, as described in section 20-234, hairdressing and cosmetology, as defined in section 20-250, or the services of a nail technician, an esthetician or an eyelash technician, as such terms are defined in section 20-265a, or any combination thereof, is offered and provided.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the local directors of health of the state, shall establish a standardized inspection form and guidelines concerning standards for the inspection of the sanitary condition of a salon. Such guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The use of personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, disposable gloves as a barrier against infectious materials; (2) the immediate disposal after use in a covered waste receptacle of all articles that came into direct contact with the customer's skin, nails or hair that cannot be effectively cleaned or sanitized; (3) the proper cleaning and sanitizing of bowls used for soaking fingers; (4) the use of hospital-grade cleaner to clean the area and materials used in the practice of hairdressing, cosmetology and by nail technicians, estheticians and eyelash technicians, including, but not limited to, chairs, armrests, tables, countertops, trays, seats and soaking tubs for both hands and feet; and (5) the required availability of handwashing sinks in an area where the hairdresser, cosmetologist or nail technician is working. The department shall post such standardized inspection form and guidelines on the department's Internet web site.
(c) The director of health for any town, city, borough or district department of health, or the director's authorized representative, shall, on an annual basis, inspect all salons within the director's jurisdiction regarding their sanitary condition and on and after the adoption of standards under subsection (b) of this section, such inspection shall be in accordance with such standards. The director of health, or the director's authorized representative, shall have full power to enter and inspect any such salon during usual business hours. If any salon, upon such inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the director of health shall issue a written order that such salon correct any inspection violations identified by the director of health or the director's authorized representative.
(d) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee, in collaboration with the local directors of health of the state, shall establish infection prevention and control plan guidelines for licensed nail technicians, eyelash technicians or estheticians, which shall be posted on the department's Internet web site.
(e) The director of health may collect from the operator of any such salon a reasonable fee, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars, for the cost of conducting any annual inspection of such salon pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any municipal charter, home rule ordinance or special act, any fee collected by the director of health pursuant to this section shall be used by the town, city, borough or district department of health for conducting inspections pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 44; P.A. 19-117, S. 196.)
History: P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “salon”, deleting Subdiv. (2) defining “nail technician”, and deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, added Subsec. (b) re standardized inspection form and guidelines, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and amended same by adding provision re inspection to be in accordance with standards adopted, replacing “make” with “issue a”, and replacing provision re order that salon be placed in sanitary condition with provision re order that salon correct inspection violations, added Subsec. (d) re establishment of infection prevention and control plan guidelines for nail technicians, eyelash technicians or estheticians, designated existing provisions re collection of fee and amended same to replace maximum fee of $100 with provision re maximum fee of $250, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2019.
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