40:23-8.27.Ā  Legislative findings
The Legislature hereby finds that there is a need for improved planning andĀ  coordination among public and private agencies, organizations and institutionsĀ  providing health and welfare programs and services to community residents.Ā  TheĀ  Legislature further finds that because private, nonprofit health and welfareĀ  councils are providing such needed planning and coordination, it is in theĀ  public interest to authorize counties to appropriate funds for the purpose ofĀ  helping to defray expenses incurred by such health and welfare councils in theĀ  provision of these services.

L.1978, c. 170, s. 1, eff. Dec. 22, 1978.