HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2004.05.06 - 27605Miscellaneous Resolution #04122
BY: Commissioner Helaine Zack, District #22
RE: Board of Commissioners - Opposition to House Bill 5745 Proposed
Amendment to the State Convention Facility Development Act
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Health Division's Office of Substance Abuse Services
provides invaluable service to the community, including: providing information and
technical assistance on substance abuse prevention and treatment services county-wide;
providing financial help for uninsured, low-income citizens for substance abuse treatment;
serving as a resource on substance abuse issues to the community at large and providing
statistical data on county-wide substance abuse treatment admissions/discharges; and
WHEREAS House Bill No. 5745 proposes to amend 1985 PA 106, entitled the "State
Convention Facility Development Act," by amending Section 10 (MCL 207.630); and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Health Division's Office of Substance Abuse Services has
expressed grave concern about proposed language that would jeopardize millions of
dollars in funding that is used to support alcohol and drug rehabilitation programming at
the local level; and
WHEREAS it is estimated that this change will drain an additional $15 million annually
from the State Substance Abuse Service Network - which has already been devastated by
budget reductions; and
WHEREAS the impact of further funding reductions, while the State of Michigan is
simultaneously seeking to maximize community corrections alternatives to prison and jail,
places an untenable burden upon local providers of substance abuse services; and
WHEREAS the effect in Oakland County amounts to a potential loss of approximately
$1.4 million annually in direct substance abuse treatment and prevention services; and
WHEREAS in 2003, Oakland County was able to fund 16 community coalitions and 20
substance abuse treatment programs that provided treatment services for 1,669 clients.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby opposes language contained in House Bill No. 5745, that would
amend 1985 PA 106, entitled the "State Convention Facility Development Act," Section 10,
that proposes to make the distribution for substance abuse treatment optional - and not
required.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests
the Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to the Michigan
House Committee on Tax Policy, the Oakland County Delegation to the State Legislature,
the Michigan Association of Counties and Oakland County's Legislative Lobbyists.
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Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
Resolution #04122 May 6, 2004
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections