HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.11.18 - 23315REPORT (Misc. #93237) November 18, 1993
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-Don a ld W. Jensen, Chairperson
RE: MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93237, (OPPOSE) MENTAL HEALTH CODE
REVISIONS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above
referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the
resolution be adopted with the addition of, "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Michigan
Association of Counties, Michigan Association of Mental Health
Boards and the Department of Mental Health."
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
October 21, 1993
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93237
BY: Commissioners Shelley Taub, Marilynn Gosling, Charles Palmer
IN RE: (Oppose) Mental Health Code Revisions
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, there are currently proposed revisions to the State
Mental Health Code which include and encourage the creation of a
"Separate Governmental Legal Entity", upon approval of the Board of
Commissioners, and would eliminate any governance of mental health
services by the elected county board of commissioners, including
the approval of the County Mental Health's annual plan and budget,
and
WHEREAS, these proposed revisions to the State Mental Health
Code severely undermine the good faith negotiations of our County
with the State for the Full Management Contract, and in fact, some
of the proposed revisions punish Full Management Counties by
allowing those counties which form the newly proposed "Separate
Governmental Legal Entity", SGLE, to carry forward to the next
fiscal year up to 5% of unexpended funding, and
WHEREAS, these revisions while limiting local match to a flat
fee egu.al to its appropriation in the fiscal year preceding the
establishment of the SGLE or FY 1992-93 whichever is greater, do
not allow for other source funds to be included in the computation
of local match,
WHEREAS, the consequence of these proposed revisions,
particularly the creation of SGLE's, appear to be a reduction of
the state's financial obligation to care for the mentally ill and
developmentally disabled adults and children, and a shift of these
costs to the counties while concurrently reducing the counties'
authority to manage the mental health care programs for its
citizens.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby oppose all of the proposed revisions to
the State's Mental Health Code which deal with the establishment of
"Separate Governmental Legal Entities", which shift state financial
obligation to counties and which violate the spirit and intent of
the Full Management Agreement.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
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Resolution #93237 November 18, 1993
Moved by Jensen supported by Gosling the General Government Committee
report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Jensen supported by Gosling the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Jensen supported by Gosling the resolution be amended to
correspond with the General Government report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Douglas, Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Law,
McCulloch, McPherson, Miltner, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub,
Wolf, Crake, Dingeldey. (19)
NAYS: Kaczmar, Kingzett, Oaks, Pernick, Price, Aaron. (6)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners on November 18, 1993 with the original
record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 18th day obvemlfp,pr 1993.
Lynn D. Allen, County Clerk