ADOPTED - JUNE 26, 2007

Agenda Item No. 25

Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE COOPERATIVE OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT WITH THE INGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER BOARD

RESOLUTION #07-153

WHEREAS, Ingham County operates a network of community health centers that provide outpatient ambulatory primary health care services to 25,000 medically underserved individuals annually; and

WHEREAS, Ingham County operates seven health centers that are designated through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC); and

WHEREAS, Congress has enacted a preferential payment policy for FQHCs that helps ensure adequate reimbursement for care provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, thus allowing federal and other grant funds to be used to provide care to the uninsured; and

WHEREAS, the FQHC Program as established through Section 330 of the Public Health Services Act requires a governing board with a majority of members who are patients of the health center; and

WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has provided guidance that this governance requirement can be filled by a public entity FQHC through a co-applicant Community Health Center Board and a Board of Commissioners; and

WHEREAS, in December 2002, the Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution #02-294 and authorized a Cooperative Operational Agreement for the Ingham Community Health Center Board for an initial term of January 1, 2003 –  December 31, 2004, with this agreement subsequently extended an additional two years by the Board of Commissioners (Resolution #04-353); and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the Board of Commissioners authorize an amendment to extend the Cooperative Operational Agreement for the period of January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes an amendment to the Cooperative Operational Agreement with the Ingham Community Health Center Board, originally authorized in Resolution #02-294.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amendment shall extend the Cooperative Operational Agreement for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2008.

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

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  Hertel, Grebner, Schor, Soule, Severino

Nays:  None             Absent:  Bahar-Cook        Approved   6/18/07