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October 21, 1993
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93237
BY: Commissioners Shelley Taub, Mariiynn 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 equal 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 those
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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