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Ohio two-year budget could cut smaller health departments


COLUMBUS – After battling COVID-19, a proposal from Ohio lawmakers to potentially eliminate health departments that serve smaller cities felt like a gut punch to those still on the front lines of the pandemic.
At least, that s how Beth Bickford, executive director of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, sees it.
Language in Ohio s two-year budget would require cities with fewer than 50,000 residents to study whether their health department should merge with the county health department. The change could consolidate as many as 18 of the state s 113 health departments. 
We have significant concerns about an arbitrary number like population being the deciding factor, Bickford said. These conversations and decisions need to start locally, and the communities they represent need to be at the table. ....

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Inefficient or inconsiderate? Ohio lawmaker wants to consolidate smaller health departments


Inefficient or inconsiderate? Ohio lawmaker wants to consolidate smaller health departments
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Washington High School chemistry teacher Sherry Sunkle gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Massillon Health Department public health nurse Christine Gogerty at the high school Monday. The WHS staff is the first Stark County school employees to get the vaccination.
COLUMBUS – After battling COVID-19, a proposal from Ohio lawmakers to potentially eliminate health departments that serve smaller cities felt like a gut punch to those still on the front lines of the pandemic. 
At least, that s how Beth Bickford, executive director of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners, sees it. ....

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