HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.06.14 - 28454Miscellaneous Resolution # 07157
BY: Commissioner Bill Bullard, Jr., District #2
RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — ENDORSEMENT OF OAKLAND COUNTY
HEALTH PLAN - ADULT BENEFIT WAIVER (ABW) PROGRAM FOR
OAKLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen,
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners is interested in protecting the health
and well-being of the residents of Oakland County; and
WHEREAS under the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Demonstration Initiative,
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) granted the State of Michigan's
Department of Community Health (CMH), a waiver of certain requirements under Title XXI of
the Social Security Act, referred to as the Adult Benefits Waiver (ABW); and
WHEREAS under the Adult Benefit Waiver, health care benefits are available under Title XXI
of the Social Security Act to childless adult residents of the State of Michigan with income levels
at or below 35% of the federal poverty level (approximately $300 a month); and
WHEREAS the Adult Benefit Waiver replaces the State Medical Program (SMP); and
WHEREAS the Michigan Department of Human Services, formally known as the Family
Independence Agency, in each county determines eligibility and enrolls the qualified residents
for ABW; and
WHEREAS individuals who qualify for the Adult Benefit Waiver includes: (a) adults between
the ages of 18 and 64; single or married, with no minor children; (b) county residents at or below
35% of the federal poverty level; (c) residents who are not disabled and who do not qualify for
Medicaid or other medical programs and have no other comprehensive health insurance; and
WHEREAS County Health Plans are community-based initiatives by non-profit corporations that
are established to provide low-income, uninsured individuals access to complete primary health
services, specialty care and pharmacies within organized health care systems; and
WHEREAS County Health Plans provide a significant benefit by providing access to a
coordinated continuum of care to maintain the enrollees' health, as well as, prevention education
and self-help medical programs; and
WHEREAS County Health Plans provide cost avoidance by creating a database to identify
persistent medical conditions for future intervention and streamline administration by providing
assistance with enrollment in other qualifying programs, including Medicaid and Social Security
Disability; and
WHEREAS within the State of Michigan, 26 non-profit health plans have been incorporated and
71 counties are served by these health plans
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'ssioner John A. Scott
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Commissioner Christine Lorrg
District #7
WHEREAS the Oakland Health Plan, Inc. proposes to provide a fully funded health plan to the
qualified residents of Oakland County by contracting with the State of Michigan to administer
the Adult Benefit Waiver program for Oakland residents; and
WHEREAS the Oakland Health Plan, Inc. proposes to provide: (a) oversight of the provider
network for quality assurance and utilization review; (b) liaison services between the Michigan
Department of Community Health, physician network and enrollees; (c) coordination of
prevention care and educational materials; and (d) a safety net for Oakland County government
in dealing with health care issues; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby supports establishing an Adult Benefit Waiver Program - County Health Plan for Oakland
County to provide eligible residents with access to a network of physicians, hospitals, and
pharmacies to ensure a high quality, managed health care plan that is accessible and available to
handle the medical needs of eligible Oakland County enrollees; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
endorses Oakland Health Plan, Inc. as the County Health Plan provider for eligible Oakland
County residents; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of
this adopted resolution to the Michigan Department of Community Health, the Michigan
Department of Human Services - Oakland County, and Oakland Health Plan, Inc.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner Bill Bullard, Jr., Chairpetdn
District #2
Commissiginer Bradford Jacobsen
Districti# ‘/-
ommissioner Thomas F. Middleton
District #4
Comi'n-issioner Eileen T."1(oall
District #6
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ailinlissioner Jeff Potter
District #8
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Commissioner Mattie M. atchett
District #10
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Commissioner Sue Ann Douglas
District #12
Conimissioner
District #14
ommissioner Robert43Tigselin
District #13
Commissioner David Potts
District #20
Commissioner Marcia Vrshenson
District #17
Ciimmissioner David Woodwhrd
District #18
Commissioner Tim Burns
District #19
Commissioner Vince
District #21
ommissioner Eric Coleman
District #23
Commissioner David Coulter
District #25
George W. Suarez
District #24
Commisgioner Hugh D. Cr,a1vford
DistDit #9
Commissioner Tim Greimel
District #11
Coinmissioner Jim Nash
Diitrict #15
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Commissionee-Helaine Zack
District #22
Resolution #07157 June 14, 2007
Moved by Bullard supported by Coulter to suspend the rules and vote on MISCELLANEOUS
RESOLUTION #07157 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — ENDORSEMENT OF OAKLAND COUNTY
HEALTH PLAN — ADULT BENEFIT WAIVER (ABW) PROGRAM FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
RESIDENTS.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Woodward, Zack,
Bullard, Burns, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel,
Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #07157 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — ENDORSEMENT OF
OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH PLAN — ADULT BENEFIT WAIVER (ABW) PROGRAM FOR OAKLAND
COUNTY RESIDENTS carried.
Moved by Bullard supported by Coulter the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector, Suarez, Woodward, Zack, Bullard,
Burns, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel, Hatchett,
Jacobsen, KowaII, Long. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 June 14, 2007, 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 14th day of June, 2007.
RuttiligeSIcti, County Clerk