In 2000, the Nebraska Legislature enacted Legislative Bill 1436, allocating millions of dollars to the Tobacco Free Network of Nebraska from the Tobacco Settlement Fund (Nebraska's share of the Multi state Master Settlement Agreement) over a three year period. This helped expand, create, and coordinate the existing tobacco coalitions in Nebraska. In the year 2001, Legislative Bill 692 provided $11 million to expand Nebraska's statewide public health system. Until 2001 local public health departments only served 22 of the 93 counties in Nebraska. As a result of Legislative Bill 692 almost all of Nebraska's counties have access to local or district health departments.
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The Public Health Association of Nebraska created a timeline of the events that lead to the creation of public health in Nebraska.
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This is a scholarly article explaining the creation of local public health departments in Nebraska and explaining the activities of Tobacco Free Nebraska.
Today, Two Rivers Public Health Department is honored to serve the counties of Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, and Phelps.
In accordance with LB 71-1626, Two Rivers Public Health Department strives to provide the 10 essential public health services in the district.
