The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health under the direction of the State Board of Health shall annually present a progress report dealing with infant mortality and handicapping conditions to the Legislative Health and Finance Committees prior to each regular session of the Legislature. No funds of the State Department of Public Health shall be used for the cost of any reports or any function of any of the committees named in Section 22-12A-3.
Ala. Code § 22-12A-5 (1975)