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3 <br />watershed protection efforts prior to the baseline year of <br />2001, lest the new regulations fail to recognize good stewards <br />such as Orange County, and that the State should provide <br />funding to retrofit existing development to the extent it will <br />require local governments to become the. designer, builder <br />and manager of watershed protection measures required by <br />the Jordan Fake rules (See Exhibit D -April 7, 2009 Board <br />of County Commissioners Adopted Resolution in Support of <br />the Proposed Jordan Reservoir Water Supply Nutrient <br />Strategy Rules 15A NCA 02B.0262-.0273 & .0311) <br />hiuman Services <br />~ . mental Health Funding -Seek legislation to ensure that state-funded mental health, <br />developmental disability,, and substance abuse services are available, accessible and <br />affordable to all citizens and that sufficient state resources fund service provision cons <br />inclusive of sufficient crisis beds. <br />~~`ee also Item # I S off' Grange County's .~ egl srative Matters <br />.l~esol ution) <br />2. Health and Social Services Funding Support state funding to provide adequate health <br />and social services, specifically: <br />• assist each school system in reaching the school health nurse:student ratio of <br />1:75a and incorporate into the allocation formula a criterion that recognizes the <br />level of county effort ~. funding school nurses. The Legislature should <br />examine the appropriateness of the target ratio for small school districts and <br />consider whether a target of nurse hours per day per school is a better measure <br />of nurse availability; <br />• restore the f nancial incentives for counties that apt to be "Electing Counties"; <br />• restore funding of the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Regulatory <br />Compliance within the county health departments to previous levels; <br />• support additional funding for child-care subsidies and increase the <br />administrative limit from 4 percent to 5 percent to enhance program integrity <br />and eligibility review; <br />• increase the "general aid to county" funding for local health departments to <br />build necessary infrastructure and support the capacity to provide essential <br />public health services; and, <br />• support funding for the NC l~"AST automation initiative in social services. <br />3. Local Discretion, Inspection Fees ~- Support legislation that would provide greater <br />discretion at the county level to establish fees for the inspection of food and lodging <br />facilities. <br />4. Records Sharing, Can~municable Diseases Support legislation which provides <br />i~n~nunity from civil or criminal liability to persons required to provide information anal <br />records to health officials conducting communicable disease investigations when such <br />information is not otherwise covered by the Health insurance Portability .and <br />Accountability Act or other federal or state law. <br />5. Allocation Formulas, Health and Human Services - Support a study with <br />representative stakeholder participation to examine the county allocation formulas <br />