May 07, 2019
HEALTH CARE

Report details shortcomings at local public health agencies

Michael P. Norton and Colin A. Young ,

State House News Service / The Metrowest Daily News

State Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel, who chaired the Special Commission on Local and Regional Health, which produced the report, visited Beacon Hill on Tuesday to release a summary of the report and the commission’s recommendations. She was joined by lawmakers and representatives from the Massachusetts Municipal Association, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and local health departments.