SUBSTITUTE                                                                                                          ADOPTED - JULY 28, 2009

Agenda Item No. 44

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AWARD FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

RESOLUTION #09-233

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 17, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), provides $1.5 billion in grants to support construction, renovation and equipment, and the acquisition of health information technology systems, for health centers including health center controlled networks receiving operating grants under section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254b); and 

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released Funding Opportunity HRSA-09-244 on May 1, 2009 for its ARRA Capital Improvement Program (CIP) with this correspondence indicating that each health center grantee could request funding up to an individual organizational maximum; and

WHEREAS, HHS notified the Ingham County Health Department that the maximum amount it could request through opportunity HRSA-09-244 was $333,300; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham Community Health Center Board authorized submittal of a grant application in response to HRSA-09-244 on May 27, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department submitted a grant application to HHS on June 2, 2009 requesting $330,300 in federal assistance funding through the Capital Improvement Program; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department proposed to use its CIP federal assistance award toward the acquisition of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) System for its Federally Qualified Health Center operations; and

WHEREAS, HHS has provided a Notice of Grant Award in the amount $333,300 for the period of June 29, 2009 through June 28, 2011; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has advised the Board of Commissioners that the Health Department has a strategic priority to implement an EHR System and that this federal assistance award, coupled with Health Department funds reserved for the purchase of a EHR System, will enable the acquisition of such an EHR System; and

SUBSTITUTE                                                                                            ADOPTED - JULY 28, 2009

Agenda Item No. 44

RESOLUTION #09-233

WHEREAS, the Health Officer recommends that the Board of Commissioners authorize and accept this federal assistance award in the amount of $330,300 to support the acquisition of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) System.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners accepts the $333,300 in federal assistance to support the acquisition of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) System for the period of June 29, 2009 through June 28, 2011.

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 Board Chairperson is authorized to sign any necessary documents that are consistent with this resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.

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

Nays:  None           Absent:  None    Approved 7/20/09

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

 Nays:  None          Absent:  None        Approved 7/22/09