HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1984.08.30 - 15888Miscellaneous Resolution 84242 August 30, 1984
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-John E. Olsen, Chairperson
RE: HOUSE BILL 4224, OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED TO COMPLY WITH
COMMUNITY PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, House Bill 4224 has been passed by the State House of Rep-
resentatives and it is now in the Senate Committee on Education and Health; and
WHEREAS, this bill would amend the Adult Foster Care Facility Licensing
Act by striking "emotionally disturbed persons" from the adult foster care facility
eligibility and inserting in its place, "mentally ill persons"; and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 1982 the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
unanimously adopted a resolution containing a set of policy recommendations proposed
by the Ad Hoc Committee on Community Placement after it had made an extensive
study of the placement issue; and
WHEREAS, in the same April 1, 1982 resolution the Board of Commissioners
petitioned the State Legislature to instigate future legislation in compliance with
the policy recommendation; and
WHEREAS. one of the fundamental policy recommendations was that the
Community Mental Health Board, in parterncrship with local government, should
control selection, placement in foster care, and case management of mentally ill
persons; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 4224, with its unrestricted welcome mat for having
mentally III persons in adult foster care facilities, disregards the concern local
officials may have - indeed should have - about housing people such as those
described in Section 401 (a) and (c) of the Mental Health Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 401 (a) describes mentally ill persons who, as a result
of that mental illness, can reasonably be expected to intentionally or unintentionally
physically hurt themselves or others within the near future; and
WHEREAS, Section 401 (c) refers to mentally ill persons whose judgment
is so impaired that they are unable to understand their need for treatment and
whose continued behavior as a result of mental illness can reasonably be expected
to result in significant in physical harm to themselves or others; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 4224, unless amended to exclude persons meeting
the criteria of Section 401 (a) and (c) of the Mental Health Code, would not merit
further consideration for support.
House Bill 4224
August 30, 1984 - Page 2
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners takes a position opposing House Dill 4224 in its present form.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to
the four State Senators from Oakland County and to the County's Legislative Agent.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
4ohn E. Olsen, Chairperson
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#84242 August 30, 1984
Moved by Olsen supported by Gosling the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Olsen, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Rewold, Wilcox, Doyon, Foley, Fortino,
Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Lanni, Law, McDonald, McPherson, Moffitt,
Nelson. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
PASS: Moore. (1)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY UtKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do here s y certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #84242 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on August 30, 1984
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this 30th
County Clerk/Register of Deeds