50-1-402. (Temporary) Legislative findings and purpose. (1) The legislature finds that a strong public health system helps control public health care costs through the prevention of disease and premature death. The legislature also finds that many local public health systems in Montana do not have sufficient capacity in core functions, such as prevention of communicable and chronic diseases, provision of public health nursing services, protection of environmental health, and promotion of healthy behaviors to provide adequate protection to Montanans from public health threats.
     (2) The legislature declares that the purpose of the Montana Public Health Improvement Act is to assist local governments and community organizations to determine the most serious threats to public health, to determine a method to address those threats, and to provide local and state decisionmakers with a framework for prioritizing a public response to those threats. (Terminates September 30, 1996--sec. 8, Ch. 323, L. 1995.)

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 323, L. 1995.