HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1999.12.16 - 25659December 16, 1999
REPORT (Misc. #99313)
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE -Shelley G. Taub, Chairperson
RE: MR #99313 Senior Discount Prescription Drug Program
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee having reviewed the above mentioned resolution on December 6, 1999,
recommends to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners the resolution be adopted as amended.
In the BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED paragraph, change "three members" to FIVE members.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote
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November 18, 1999
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #99313
BY: Commissioners Shelley G. Taub, District #12, and William
Patterson, District #1
IN RE: Senior Discount Prescription Drug Program
To the Oakland County Board. of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS amidst the extraordinary quality of life in Oakland
County, there are many senior citizens who often do not appear in
need, but who have great difficulty in purchasing required
medications, and
WHEREAS Medicare, the Federal Health Care Program for senior
citizens, has no provision for prescription medication, and
WHEREAS these individuals, are generally on a fixed income
which may exceed the poverty level that permits them to qualify
for low-income programs, such as Medicaid, which would provide
them with prescription medicines, and
WHEREAS because the escalating cost of prescription drugs
are much higher than any cost-of-living increases in social
security, seniors without prescription drug coverage are faced
with having to make critical life choices, sometimes as drastic
as choosing between food and medicine, and
WHEREAS working in conjunction with local pharmacies there
is an opportunity for Oakland County to provide a prescription
discount drug program for our Senior Citizens.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board
of Commissioners does hereby request the County Executive to
explore and evaluate a discount prescription drug program for
senior citizens whose third-party administrative costs will be
borne by a modest senior subscription program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Executive, or his
designee, develop this evaluation in conjunction with a study
group consisting of three members of the General Government
Committee and report the findings of instituting such a program
to the General Government Committee by February, 2000.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
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Shelley G. T4Alo."' William Patterson
Resolution #99313 November 18, 1999
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government
Committee. There were no objections.
Resolution #99313 December 16, 1999
Moved by Taub supported by Patterson the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Taub supported by Patterson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Garfield, Gregory, Jensen, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Melton,
Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Patterson, Schmid, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Amos,
Appel, Causey-Mitchell, Colasanti, Coleman, Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, 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 December 16, 1999 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 I6th d4T of December, 1999.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk