HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.03.07 - 24819REPORT Misc. #96034)
BY Public Services Committee, Shelley G. Taub, Chairperson
RE: MR 96034-TuBERCULOS1S TESTING FOR VOLUNTEERS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Public Services Committee, having reviewed the above-
referenced resolution on February 27, 1996, reports with the
recommendation that the resolution be adopted with the following
amendments:
The 5th WHEREAS paragraph be changed to read: "WHEREAS, cases
of TB in the past ten five years in Oakland County have gone
from a low of 31 cases in 1991 to a high of -5+ 55 cases in
1995; and"
ChAirperRnn on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
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PUBLIC SE I COMMITTEE
Donna Huntoon
Chairperson, we move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Shelley Ta
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #96034
BY: Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub, District # 12; Commissioner Donna Huntoon,
District #2
IN RE: Tuberculosis Testing for Volunteers
CHAIRPERSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, Tuberculosis, (TB) kills more people in the world than any other communicable disease; and
WHEREAS, one-third of the world population is infected with TB; and
WHEREAS, there has been a decline in TB in The United States and The State of Michigan since the
discovery of antibiotics with which to treat the disease; and
WHEREAS, this decline has not been as rapid as expected by The Michigan Department of Health,
Communicable Disease Division; and
WHEREAS, cases of TB in the past ten years in Oakland County have gone from a low of 31 cases in 1991
to a high of 51 cases in 1995; and
WHEREAS, many of the new cases of TB are attributed to those individuals who have AIDS, or who are
from a foreign country or who are homeless; and
WHEREAS, TB can be treated with six months of antibiotic therapy; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County has done an excellent job through their "Directly Observed Therapy
Program- to ensure that those residents who contract this communicable disease continue their antibiotic therapy
for six months after release from a hospital; and
WHEREAS, health care workers are routinely tested for TB; and
WHEREAS, it would be prudent for individuals such as community and church or synagogue volunteers
who assist in soup kitchens and homeless shelters, and with immigrant populations to follow the same testing
procedures as health care workers.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests that
the Oakland County Health Division undertake an active program to communicate the prudence of a baseline TB
test for volunteers and the availability of free TB skin tests for all individuals who do volunteer work with groups
who are at -risk for Tuberculosis.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be sent to Mr. James Haveman, Director of Public and
Mental Health for The State of Michigan and Representative John Jamian, Chairman of the Health Policy
Committee.
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Resolution #96034 March 7, 1996
Moved by Taub supported by Schmid the Public Services Committee Report be
accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Taub supported by Schmid the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Taub supported by Schmid the resolution be amended to coincide
with the recommendation in the Public Services Committee Report.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amon, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield,
Holbert, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson,
Moffitt, Obreeht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers. (22)
NAYS: Ctake. (1)
A sufficient maj ority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
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IJ(e itterson, County Executive
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 March 7, 1996 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 7th day 9f March 6. N.
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n D. Allen, County Clerk