HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1971.07.01 - 16101July 1, 1971
REPORT
RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 5723
OPPOSITION TO AMENDING ACT 54, P.
HEALTH BOARD
A. 1964 REGARDING MENTAL
BY: LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE - Mr. Pernic
TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
The Legislative Committee, by Mr. Lawrence Pernick, Chair-
man, reports Miscellaneous Resolution 5723 with the recommendation
that the resolution be adopted.
"Resolution No. 5723
Re: Opposition to Amending Act 54, P.A. 1964 Regarding Mental
Health Board
To: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Chairman, Ladies & Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Michigan Universities' Psychiatry Departments
and the Michigan Department of Mental Health Liaison Committee
has recommended legislation to change the relationships between
Public Act 54 Boards and Directors and the State Department of
Mental Health; and
WHEREAS, if these recommendations were to be incorporated
into the revisions of the Mental Health Statutes, consent of
programming and funding the mental health services at the commun-
ity level would be destroyed; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Community Mental Health Services
Board and the Health Committee of the Board of Commissioners have
opposed such legislation;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners opposes such legislation."
Respectfully submitted,
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
Lawrence R. Pernick, Cha'rman
Moved by Pernick supported by Burley that Resolution #5723
be adopted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution
was adopted.