This Committee shall have jurisdiction over all matters and legislation pertaining to or affecting the County Department of Health Services; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Division; WIC Programs; Infant Mortality; Vector Control; Public Health; AIDS and AIDS prevention services; breast cancer issues; Managed Care; Mental Health services; patient care; emergency medical services and the Emergency Medical Services Division; forensic sciences; the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility; pre-natal care; handicapped children’s programs; handicapped services; the County’s anti-smoking laws; the enforcement of the County Sanitary Code and of health related regulatory laws; rabies inoculation, Animal Bite Registry, and Animal Shelter Law; and the implementation of health related websites.

This Committee shall also consider and vote on any appointment to a Board, Commission, Department, Agency, Authority, Task Force, or comparable entity under the jurisdiction of this Committee as well as any outside consultant which may be authorized by this Committee.