HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1988.11.10 - 17603MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION November 10, 1988 n _1
BY: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE - SUSAN KUHN, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN SERVICES -
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH - COMPLEX MEDICAL PROBLEMS CARE FOR ONE CITIZEN
PROGRAM EXTENSION
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS a funding application to the State of Michigan by the Community Mental
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Health/ rvices Board for intensive care of developmentally disabled citizens with
complex medical problems in the amount of $357,971 (535,797 County match) was authorized
by the Board of Commissioners under Miscellaneous Resolution 88065; and
WHEREAS the application is intended to provide for close medical one-on-one care and
specialized medical equipment for a small group of citizens with multiple, severe'
physical problems, so that they can remain with their natural families; and
WHEREAS the mental health funding is intended to cover the cost of such care for an
interim period until Medicaid funds are approved, which would then begin paying for the
intensive care these citizens need; and
WHEREAS one of these individuals, due to her specialized medical needs, had to be
placed temporarily in a licensed foster care home while the family's Medicaid application
is pending which would allow the child's return to the natural home with the support of
in-home health care paid by Medicaid; and -
WHEREAS the County authorized $47,950. through September, 1982 for this child; and
WHEREAS an extension is needed to allow for renovations to the family home to allow
the child to return; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Department of Mental Health has authorized a maximum of $14,490
from October 1, 1988 to defer the cost of the temporary foster care placement, until
Medicaid funding is finalized as is anticipated on or before September 30, 1989; and
WHEREAS this State funding would be a nor-recurring grant extension providing
interim and urgently needed support for this citizen and her family, ant would require
$1,610 in County matching funds; and
WHEREAS acceptance of this grant does not obligate the County to any future
commitment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approve
acceptance of the State grant to provide temporary care for one citizen with complex
medical problems, as recommended by the Community Mental Health Board.
Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Health and Human Services Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Kuhn, Gosling, Jensen, MgCopne).1
Nays: None HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Absent: Bishop, A. McPherson,
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