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<br />SECTION 10.26.(e) The implementation schedule for the Plan shall be as follows: <br />(1) July 1, 2009, establish the Task Force to develop the Plan, <br />(2) March 31, 2010, submit the Plan to the 2010 Regular Session of the 2009 <br />General Assembly, <br />(3) July 1, 2010, implement the Plan, and <br />(4) November 15, 2011, and annually thereafter, report on Plan implementation. <br />SECTION 10.26.(fJ The Department will identify the programmatic activities and <br />funding in the Division of Public Health associated with the core functions and activities <br />in the Plan. Funds associated with these activities shall be subject to a flexible spending <br />formula adopted by the Department, as follows: <br />(1) Beginning in SFY 2010-2011, the flexible spending formula will begin to <br />replace the current spending with a more effective method of funding public <br />health activities at the local level and achieving the results expected. <br />(2) The Task Force shall identify a reliable and consistent source of State <br />revenue to fund the flexible spending formula. <br />(3) If sufficient additional revenue is available to implement the Plan, a separate <br />set-aside of available funds would be created. This set-aside would be available to <br />contiguous LHDs that seek to address a specific women's health, child health, or <br />adult health disease or chronic condition, and in doing so, choose to merge into a <br />single Local Health District, thus saving administrative dollars to be focused on <br />public health issues. <br />SECTION 10.26.(g) Funds appropriated to the Department for flexible spending <br />shall be distributed to county health departments as follows: <br />(1) Each of the county health departments will receive a base amount to be <br />determined by the DHHS. <br />(2) The balance of funds in the Flexible Spending Account is to be distributed to <br />the counties on the basis of a formula that takes into consideration the <br />following elements: <br />a. Population, <br />b. Per capita income, <br />c. Rates o£ <br />1. Infant mortality, <br />2. Teenage pregnancy, <br />3. Tobacco use, <br />4. Cancer, <br />5. Heart disease, <br />6. Diabetes, and <br />7. Stroke. <br />d. Percent of minorities in the county, <br />e. Body Mass Index (BMI) of public school students, and <br />f. Other factors as the Secretary may find necessary to achieve the <br />goals of the Plan. <br />(3) The use of the funds by the LHD would reflect the core public health <br />functions. It will be incumbent upon the LHD to use the funds in a manner <br />