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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
September 2, 2021
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #21-344
Sponsored By: Janet Jackson
IN RE: Declaring September as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in Oakland County
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
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 multicellulrr 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 quality 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
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 in i 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 Statcs; 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, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Janet Jackson.
Date: September 17, 2021
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2021-08-10 Legislative Affairs R Government Operations - recommend to Board
2021-09-02 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Michael Gingell seconded by Commissioner William Miller III to adopt the
attached Resolution: Declaring September as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in Oakland
County.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Robert Hoffman, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Marcia Gershenson,
William Miller III, Adam L. Kochenderfer, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Gary R. McGillivray,
Janet Jackson, Penny Luebs (19)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Commissioner Kowall, Commissioner Moss (2)
The Motion Passed.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, 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 2, 2021,
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 on Thursday, September 2, 2021.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk /Register of Deeds