May a county dissolve a consolidated human services agency and create or join a different form of local public health agency?

Unlike a district health department or public health authority, there are no statutory procedures for dissolving a consolidated human services agency, but there is no doubt that a county may do so. There would be a number of administrative tasks associated with dissolving the agency, including dissolving the consolidated human services board and appointing new boards and directors for public health and social services. A county should also consider the potential impacts related to CHSA employees, who may be switching from an organizational model where they were subject to county personnel policies to an organizational model in which they will be subject to the State Human Resources Act.