HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2020.09.03 - 33644MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #20385
BY: Commissioners Janet Jackson, District #21; Nancy Quarles, District #17; Marcia Gershenson, District
#13; Penny Luebs,_District #16; William Miller, District #14; Bob Hoffman, district #2; Michael Spisz, District
#3; Helaine Zack, District#18; Eileen Kowall, District#6; Gwen Markham, District#9; Angela Powell, District
#10
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL SICKLE CELL
DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, designated by Congress to help focus
attention on the need for research and treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD); and
WHEREAS SCD is one of the most common inherited blood disorders affecting approximately 100,000
children and adults in the nation; and
WHEREAS SCD can lead to lifelong disabilities and reduce average life expectancy; and
WHEREAS SCD is a complex genetic disease involving multicellular adhesion between red blood cells,
white blood cells, platelets, and endothelial cells, resulting in vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs); and
WHEREAS VOCs are the trademark of SCD and are associated with an increase mortality rate. These
recurrent episodes induce severe pain, decrease qualify of life, can cause life-threatening complications,
including stroke.; and
WHEREAS VOC is the number one reason that patients with SCD visit the emergency room or are
hospitalized; and
WHEREAS according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nationwide SCD occurs
in 1 out of every 365 Black or African-American births and 1 out of every 16,300 Hispanic -American births;
and
WHEREAS in Michigan, SCD occurs int out of every 2,496 births and 1 out of every 467 African-American
births; and
WHEREAS according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the disease is most
prevalent in African Americans; however, it also occurs in other ethnic groups including individuals of Middle
Eastern, Mediterranean, Central and South American, and Asian heritage; and
WHEREAS the estimated annual medical costs for SCD exceed $1.1 billion in the United States; and
WHEREAS eighty percent of overall treatment costs attribute to inpatient costs and $356 million in
estimated annual costs for emergency room visits; and
WHEREAS high Medicaid costs stem from "super utilizers', patients with more than four hospital visits per
year, and SCD was the fifth most common diagnosis among Medicaid "super utilizers"; and
WHEREAS access to care may be challenging for patients with SCD. Due to a lack of physicians
experienced in treating SCD; and
WHEREAS many young adults transitioning from pediatric care seek treatment in emergency settings; and
WHEREAS only two medications have been approved to treat complications of SCD and more needs to be
done to improve the quality of care for patients with SCD; and
WHEREAS the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities, Division of Blood Disorders considers SCD a major public health concern in the
United States.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby declares
September as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in Oakland County.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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REQUESTING SUSPENSION
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UNDER NEW BUSINESS
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Resolution #20385
September 3, 2020
Moved by Jackson seconded by Quarles to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#20385 — Board of Commissioners — Declaring September as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness
Month in Oakland County.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #20385 — Board of Commissioners — Declaring September as National Sickle Cell Disease
Awareness Month in Oakland County carried.
Moved by Jackson seconded by Quarles the resolution be adopted
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Kochenderfer, Kowall, Kuhn, Long, Luebs, Markham, McGillivray, Middleton, Miller,
Nelson, Powell, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman,
Jackson.(21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
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I HEREBY APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45.559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, 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 September 3,
2020, 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 Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan this 3fd day of September, 2020.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County