HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1963.09.16 - 20188Miscellaneous Resolution September 16, 1963
BY: Mr. Levinson
IN RE: COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Michigan Legislature has enacted a Community Mental Health
Program Act, designated as Act 54 of the Public Acts of 1963; and
WHEREAS, Section 2 of said Act provides that a county may elect to establish a
Community Mental Health Program by majority vote of its Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, Section 6 of said Act provides that the state shall grant or match any
program in an amount not to exceed 60 per cent, nor less than 40 per cent of the total
expenditures for salaries, contract facilities and services; operation, maintenance, and
service costs; per diem and travel expenses of the Community Mental Health Board, and
other expenses specifically approved and authorized by the Department of Mental Health;
and
WHEREAS, Section 14 provides that the Department of Mental Health shall promulgate
rules and regulations governing eligibility of Community Mental Health Programs and other
standards and qualifications; and
WHEREAS, Section 10 of said Act provides when any county singly establishes a
program the Community Mental Health Services Board, composed of twelve members, shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, Section 10 further provides that the membership of the Community Mental
Health Board shall be representative, whenever possible, of local health departments,
medical societies, county welfare boards, general adoption boards, the clergy, educators,
the legal profession, lay associations concerned with mental health, labor, business, civic
groups and the general public; and
'John L. Carey Thomas H. O'Donoahu
C. Cummings Frank J. Vol,/ -
WHEREAS, Section 10 further provides that no more than four members of the Board
be elected or appointed public officials; and
WHEREAS, your Committee recommends that the County of Oakland adopt this
resolution for the establishment of a Community Mental Health Program pursuant to said
Act, and the Chairman of the Board be authorized to appoint a Community Mental Health
Services Board to evaluate the problems and recommend treatment of mental illness in Oakland
County; and
WHEREAS, your Ways and Means Committee recommends that the Community Mental
Health Board assist and suggest to the Department of Mental Health the necessary rules and
regulations to implement this Act and, after they are promulgated, to report to the Board of
Supervisors on the survey of mental health problems and suggested treatments in Oakland
County.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Supervisors,
by the adoption of said resolution, does hereby establish a Community Mental Health
Services Program, pursuant to Act 54 of the Public Acts of 1963, and the Chairman of the
Board is directed to appoint, pursuant to the provisions of said Act, a twelve member
Community Mental Health Services Board,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the twelve members be requested to report to the
Board of Supervisors on the rules and regulations and the survey of mental health problems
and suggested treatment in Oakland County.
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Ways and Means Committee, I move the adoption
of the foregoing resolution.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
David Levinson, Chairman
Harry W. Horton' Frank F. Webber