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742 <br />-2- <br />WLE.MAN. BERNHOLZ <br />a DICKEA$ON <br />AT:04N2Y9 AT LAW <br />CHAPEL HILL, N.C. <br />HILLSEOAOVGH, N.C. <br />(.. <br />Commissioners and to the people of Orange County regarding the <br />health services available. <br />Section III. There is hezeby created and established the Q1iANGE <br />COUNTY HEALTH AND IKEDICAL CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL. <br />Section IV. The COUNCIL is charged with the continuing <br />responsibility to: <br />A. Study the health and medical care needs and <br />resources of Orange Caunty and to periodically report the results <br />of the studies to the Board of Commissioners; <br />B. Study and periodically recommend to the Board of <br />Commissioners means by which the health and medical care system <br />components can coordinate and facilitate the delivery of health <br />care. <br />The periodic reports and recommendations invisioned in <br />A and B herein should contain sufficient detail to hermit the <br />Board of Commissioners and the people of Orange County to under- -' <br />stand the requirements for implementing each program presented a <br />an option and insofar as possible to indicate the expected cost <br />of and benefits from each alternative. The reports and recommen- <br />dations should also indicate what effect new programs will have <br />on the programs that are now in operation. Any such report or <br />recommendation therefore should contain an inventory of all <br />current programs including their casts to Orange County:.along <br />with the services that are currently being provided through <br />each program: <br />C. Facilitate communication among various components <br />of the health system; <br />D. Provide a forum where providers and consumers can <br />consider health system alternatives; <br />E. Encourage and facilitate consumer involvements in <br />the planning and delivery of health services; <br />F. Provide a forum for local input into Capital Health <br />Systems Agency Initiatives; <br />G. Be available for and be prepared to undertake studies <br />resulting from special requests. by the Board of Commissioners. <br />