SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED - NOVEMBER 28, 2000

Agenda Item No. 14

 

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH CHILDREN= S CHOICE OF MICHIGAN

RESOLUTION #00-273

WHEREAS, the State of Michigan has operated a set of services to assist families with children having need of special health care services; and

WHEREAS, these children have health conditions requiring extensive health care services and often requiring the coordination of services by many health care providers in a community; and

WHEREAS, the Michigan Department of Community Health supports a set of resources in local health departments throughout Michigan to provide assistance to families in the community having children with special health care services needs; and

WHEREAS, the MDCH has also attempted to improve the coordination of medical services provided to children with special health care needs by creating the formation of health care systems to serve this population; and

WHEREAS, Children= s Choice of Michigan, a subsidiary of the Detroit Medical Center is one of the health systems formed to serve children with special health care service needs, and Children= s Choice will now be operational in Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, the MDCH encourages formal agreements between the local health departments providing support and service coordination to families with special health care needs and the medical systems set up to provide most of the medical services needed; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners enter into a contract with Children= s Choice of Michigan to coordinate services provided to Ingham County families having children with special health care service needs.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes an agreement with Children= s Choice of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, to facilitate coordination of services for children with special health care needs with the Locally Based Services Unit of the Ingham County Health Department.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that MDCH shall reimburse Ingham County at MDCH established reimbursement rates for services provided by Ingham County Health Department under the agreement.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the term of the agreement shall commence on the date in which it is fully signed by the representatives of both parties and shall continue until December 31, 2001, after which date it shall continue until terminated by either Ingham County or Children= s Choice of Michigan on sixty (60) calendar days notice.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign the agreement after review by the County Attorney.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Czarnecki, Smiley, Grebner, Schmidt, Severino Nays: None

Absent: None Approved 11/20/00

FINANCE:Yeas: Bernero, Grebner, Czarnecki, McDonald, Schafer, Juall, Minter

Nays: Absent: None Approved 11/21/00