Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Division of Public Health Services in the Department of Health and Welfare. It appropriates a total of $178,009,800 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 259.02. The bill funds 21 line items, which provide for public health infrastructure grant; creating a career ladder for StateComm; moving StateComm staff to the rule of 80; funding for the advanced healthcare directive registry; position reclassification within vital records; pandemic response grant; anti-microbial resistance grant; enhancing detection grant; rural loan repayment; congregate care infectious control grant; vital records modernization; home visiting; 988 crisis line grant; lead testing in drinking water; funds to develop a statewide funding plane for EMS services; cancer control registry funds; personnel adjustments; limited service positions; ambulance purchases; removes funding for sex education grants; and removes funding for Project Filter advertising.