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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1971.10.07 - 162505820 Dale C. Burley, Chairrn7: Miscellaneous Resolution No. BY: HEALTH COMMITTEE - Mr. Barakat IN RE: HEALTH DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED AGENT FOR PLANNING GRANT FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, MISC. RES. #5751 TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Committee has received and considered Misc. Res. #5751 and concurs with the Oakland County Health Department staff recommendation that the County of Oakland file an application to the Federal Government for the Health Maintenance Organization Planning Grant; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the filing of an application to the appropriate federal agency and designates the Oakland County Department of Health as the appropriate county agency to develop a program for the Health Maintenance Organization Planning Grant pursuant to Miscellaneous Resolution #5751. The Health Committee, by Dale C. Burley, Chairman, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution. HEALTH COMMITTEE October 7, 1971 #5820 Moved by Barakat supported by Gabler the resolution be adopted. A sufficient majority having vOted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) 1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal, do hereby certify that I hE4/e compared the annexed copy of t. cipptc,1 .at.the. 9ct9I:r; 7 71 .rf.lge.0-,TIgthe....... Oakland ...... .. .. ....... .. .................. • with the original record thereof now remaining in my office, and that it is a trbe and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, F have hereunto- set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan this 7th day of October Lynn D. Allen Clerk By Deputy Clerk June 17, 1971 . RESOLUTION NO. RE: HEALTH DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED AGENT FOR PLANNING GRANT BY: MR. JOSEPH L. BARAKAT TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: WHEREAS, the World Health Organization has declared that "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well- being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity", and it is today nationally accepted that medical care is a right and not a privilege; and WHEREAS, the original platted "ROyal Oak Township", in the southeastern part of Oakland County, Of approximately thirty-eight square miles, bounded by Baseline to Fourteen Mile Road (except for a portion of the City of Clawson) and Dequindre to Greenfield, comprising the cities of Berkley, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak and Township of Royal Oak, and inhabited by 274,580 residents or 30.2% of total county population, represents a compact community with a population density more than six and a half times that of the average for the County, and has been characterized bya rapid growth of manufacturing and light indUstry, by an inadequate public transportation system and by an unusual size and combination of "target" or at-risk groups with special and differing medical needs, such as the low income black resident S in Royal Oak Township, the young families in rapidly-growing ClaWson and Madison Heights and the large senior citizen population of• Ferndale and Royal Oak; and 5751 WHEREAS, the special health needs of this community have been identified by the residents themselves as a lack of sufficient pre- natal, maternal and child and family-based care, of preventive and ambulatory services, of services for alcoholism and drug abuse and addiction and of health facilities for senior citizens, and have been described as being inadequately Met, all as a result of: l. The marginal location of the two major hospitals, William Beaumont and Martin Place East at northwest and southeast edges, respectively, of the community; 2. The concentration of all four hospitals on inpatient treatment facilities, to the detriment of many preventive or am- bulatory services; 3. The unusually high degree of specialization of area physicians and the corresponding reduction in general practitioners; e 4. The clustering of the bulk of physicians in hospital or professional buildings; 5. The absence of a satellite Health Center, the nearest being South Oakland at Greenfield and Catalpa; 6. The insufficiency of public transportation from west of Woodward to the Health Center; and WHEREAS, the above-mentioned jurisdictions have in the past established a precedent for the solution of their mutual problems through civic cooperation, which today extends to these areas of common interest: water supply, sewage disposal, pollution control, solid waste disposal, police control, fire protection, and others; and 2- WHEREAS, Health authorities in and out of the present Admini- stration have endorsed and encouraged the development of the concept of the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) as one of the most feasible methods of providing a medical and health facility to meet present and future needs of all types of general and special populations, by making possible the delivery of effective compre- hensive, preventive, family-based, ambulatory medical services in a manner agreeable and acceptable to consumers and professionals, through group practice arrangements responsibly administered and funded, all with emphasis on the creation of local and innovative - plans; and WHEREAS, Federal funds in amounts of 00,000 to $50,000 are available as planning grants to design local Health Maintenance Organizations; and WHEREAS, Oakland County Department of Health has extensive knowledge and experience and has performed prior studies in this area, and has consulted and intends to consult further with members of the Staff of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and plans to confer with representatiVe professional and consumer groups, such as County Medical Society, Hospital Planning Council, Comprehensive Health Planning Council, State Department of Social Services, State Department of Health and others. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board of Commissioners designates the Oakland County Department of Health as the appropriate agency to develop a program for the HMO planning grant, and urge the Department to continue its public-spirited efforts. - 3 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners supports in principle and refers to the Health Committee for review and de- liberation the matter of submitting a:planning grant proposal to Director Social Security and Rehabilitation, Department of HEW, on behalf of a consortium of the above-mentioned ten jurisdictions in southeastern Oakland County. MR. CHAIRMAN, I moy_e,..! the adoption of the foregoing resolution. A _ JosepV L. Barakat The resolution was referred to the Health Committee and other appropriate committees, as determined by the Chairman. Mr. Burley objected to referral „ at this time until a study is made of the HealthRePOrt;-- Moved by Burley supported by Powell the referral of the resolution be tabled. AYES: Burley, Horton, Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, Patnales, Perinoff, Powell, Richardson. (9) NAYS: Coy, Daly, Edwards, Hamlin, Harrison, Mainland, Mathews, Pernick, Richards, Simson, Aaron, Barakat, Bawden, Brennan, (14) - A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion lost. The resolution was ordered referred to the Health Committee and other appropriate committees, as determined by the Chairman.