Today, the Health Department, under direction of the Health Officer, provides public health services and administers and enforces State and local health laws and regulations within Harford County. Programs meet the public health needs of the community and provide services not offered by the private sector (Code Health-General Article, secs. 3-101 through 3-202).
Appointed by the Secretary of Health, the Health Officer is the executive officer and secretary of the County Board of Health (Code Health-General Article, secs. 3-301 through 3-310).
Harford County's Health Department has six main units: Administration; Behavioral Health; Care Coordination; Clinical Health; Environmental Health Services; and Family Health.
CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM
The Child Fatality Review Team seeks to develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of child death in Harford County. The Team develops plans for and recommends changes within the agencies represented on the Team to prevent child deaths; and promotes compensation and coordination among agencies involved in investigations of child deaths, or in providing services to surviving family members. The Team also advises the State Child Fatality Review Team on changes to law, policy, or practice to prevent child deaths (Chapters 355 & 356, Acts of 1999; Code Health-General Article, secs. 5-705 through 5-709).
DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE COUNCIL
In 2004, a drug and alcohol abuse council was authorized in each county by the General Assembly (Chapters 237 & 238, Acts of 2004; Code Health-General Article, sec. 8-1001).
The Council develops, submits to the Governor, and implements plans and strategies with which to evaluate, prevent, and treat alcohol and drug abuse in Harford County (Code Health-General Article, sec. 8-1001; County Code, secs. 9-27 through 9-32).
In Harford County, the Council also functions as the joint Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Committee. The Committee monitors, reviews, and evaluates the allocation and adequacy of publicly funded mental health services within Harford County. The Committee determines the needs of the County mental health system; helps develop the local mental health plan and budget; and prepares an annual report (Code Health-General Article, secs. 10-308 through 10-312).
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
The Mental Health Core Service Agency is the initial recipient of all State and County funds for mental health and addictions services in the County, and establishes performance standards for service providers (County Code, sec. 9-176.9)
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MENTAL HEALTH CORE SERVICE AGENCY
Under authority of the Secretary of Health, a core service agency is designated by each county government to plan, manage, and monitor the delivery of publicly funded mental health services in the county (Code Health-General Article, secs. 10-1201 through 10-1203).
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