HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1998.08.20 - 25277MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 98196
BY: Frank H. Millard, District #4
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION - SUPPORT FOR
50/50 COST SHARING TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS BLOCK GRANT
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS by Public Act 368 of 1978, commonly known as the Public Health Code,
the State of Michigan is obligated to reimburse local governing entities for reasonable and allowable
costs of required and allowable health services until the 50% level is reached; and
WHEREAS state and local health representatives reached consensus on eight required
cost shared services to serve as a safety net for the people in local jurisdictions and across the State,
including Food Service Sanitation, Drinking Water Supply, On-Site Sewage Disposal Management,
Hearing Screening, Vision Screening, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunizations, and General
Communicable Diseases; and
WHEREAS the State of Michigan established Minimum Program Requirements that
are required to be met only when the state is in full 50/50 cost sharing compliance; and
WHEREAS the State of Michigan has refused to meet its financial obligation to
Oakland County in FY 96/97 in the amount of $154,780 and asserts that it will not meet it in
FY 97/98, even though financial resources are available; and
WHEREAS the Michigan Department of Community Health now proposes avoiding
state statutory mandate by replacing cost sharing with a Local Public Health Operations "Block Grant"
in FY 98/99 which is counter to the intent of the Public Health Code, eliminates recourse through
Headlee, allows for unfunded mandates, and shifts additional financial risk to Oakland County
residents.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests
full reimbursement from the Michigan Department of Community Health for cost shared public health
services delivered in compliance with the Minimum Program Requirements in FY 96/97 and
FY 97/98.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners records its full support for 50/50 cost
sharing as defined by the Public Health Code in future fiscal years and its clear opposition to a cost
sharing "Block Grant" embedded within a local public health operations line item.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be communicated to the Governor, members of
the Oakland County legislative delegation, and the leadership of the Michigan Association of Counties
and the Michigan Association for Local Public Health.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the adoption of the9,9egoing
resolution.
Resolution #98196 August 20, 1998
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Service Committee and
General Government Committee. There were no objections.