ADOPTED - APRIL 14, 2009

Agenda Item No. 28

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR SERVICES FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARD FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

RESOLUTION #09-103

WHEREAS, the United States Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 13, 2009 and President Obama signed this act into law on February 19, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $2 Billion for Community Health Centers funded through the Health Center Cluster Program authorized through Section 330 of the Public Health Services Act with $500 Million available to fund new Health Centers and to provide supplemental payments to existing Health Centers to address spikes in uninsured patients during the economic downturn; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services notified existing Federally Qualified Health Centers, including the Ingham County Health Department, on March 9, 2009 that they were eligible for a supplemental grant opportunity entitled “Increased Demand for Services”; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department submitted a grant application to the United States Department of Health and Human Services on March 16, 2009, requesting funding through the Increased Demand for Services Supplement; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department proposed through its application to increase mental health services through its Federally Qualified Health Center operations with service emphasis placed on the homeless population; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department has long served as a safety net primary care provider for Ingham County’s uninsured and underinsured with over 25,000 individuals currently finding a health care home with the County’s Health Centers; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services has provided a Notice of Grant Award in the amount $140,956 for the period of March 27, 2009 through March 26, 2011; and

WHEREAS, the Health Department proposes to provide these services within its Federally Qualified Health Centers and its mobile medical vehicle through a contractual agreement with Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties; and 

ADOPTED - APRIL 14, 2009

Agenda Item No. 28

RESOLUTION #09-103

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has advised the Board of Commissioners that this federal assistance award and the associated projected program income (reimbursement) will financially offset the contractual expenditures; and

WHEREAS the Health Officer recommends that the Board of Commissioners authorize and accept this federal assistance award in the amount of $140,956.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners accepts the $140,956 in federal assistance for the period of March 27, 2009 through March 26, 2011.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the execution of a two-year Behavioral Health Services Agreement with Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties for behavioral health services not to exceed $160,000 following legal review.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller/Administrator is authorized to amend the Health Department’s FY 2009 Budget incorporating the receipt of this federal assistance award.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners is authorized to sign any necessary contract documents consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas:  Tennis, Davis, McGrain, Schor, Dougan

Nays:  None       Absent:  Vickers      Approved 4/6/09

FINANCE:    Yeas:  Grebner, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Tennis, Davis, Dougan

Nays:  None         Absent:  None           Approved 4/13/2009