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~.~~o~ <br />F '~ <br />Resolution <br />Whereas, Section 10.26 of Senate Bill 202 contains a provision entitled "Public <br />Health Improvement Plan", and <br />Whereas, the Public Health Improvement Plan was proposed with no input from <br />local government officials or local and State public health professionals, and <br />Whereas, the plan sets out an unreasonable timeline for such reform of the current <br />public health system, and <br />Whereas, the plan calls for no additional public health funding, rather a <br />redistnbution of the existing, insufficient funds with no defined distnbution <br />formulas, and <br />Whereas, the plan calls for the creation of a Public Health Improvement Plan <br />Task Force which is a duplication of the existing Public Health Task Force, and <br />Whereas, many North Carolina counties are in the process of rebuilding the <br />Mental Health infrastructure requiring greater contributions of local funds, and <br />Whereas, Orange County can ill afford alteration of the public health <br />infrastructure requiring greater local funding to provide core public health services, <br />and <br />Now Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Orange County Board of Health is <br />opposed to Section 10.26 of Senate Bi11202 or any other budget provision entitled <br />"Public Health Improvement Plan" and stands opposed to any efforts to reform <br />public health absent appropriate planning and input from local government <br />officials and local public health professionals. <br />~tla~~~tcrl, t$t,~; ~?~~~~ ci~~ cif s~€ t. <br />ATTEST: <br />Rosemary ~ ~ : ; ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ , Health Director <br />Chris Harlan, Chair -- - -_ <br />Orange County Board of Health <br />