AN ACT relating to public health.

SB 189 makes a technical correction to Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 212.190, which governs compensation for county health officers. It clarifies that health officers in counties without a dedicated health department receive salaries set by the fiscal court, while officers in counties with a health department have salaries approved by the county board of health (subject to Cabinet for Health and Family Services review). The bill directly affects county health officers across Kentucky by updating the legal language around their pay-setting authority. This is a procedural amendment with no new policy changes, solely correcting existing statutory language.