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Il6 medical care needs of every citizen of Orange Gaunty and each community of Orange County and to periodically report to the Board of Commissioners and to the people of Orange Caunty regarding the health services available. Section III. There is hereby created and established the ORANGE COUNTX•HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE ADVI50RY COUNCIL. Sectian IV. The COUNCIL is charged with the continuing respon- sibility to: 4 -2- LOLEMAN.SERNHOLZ k DICKEASON • ATTORNEYS AT LAW CHAPEL H1L4, N.C. aILLS60R000H, N.C. A. Study the health and medical care needs and resources of Orange County and to periodically report the results of the studies to the Board of Cammissioners; B. Study and periodically recommend to the Board of Commissioners means by which the health and medical care system components can coordinate and facilitate the delivery o£ health care. The periodic reports and recommendations envisioned in A and B herein should contain sufficient detail to permit the Board of Commissioners and the people of Orange County to under- stand the requirements for implementing each program presented as an aptian and insofar as possible to indicate the expected cost of and benefits from each alternative. The reports and recommen-~ dations should also indicate what effect new programs will have on the programs that are now in operation. Any such report or recommendation therefore should contain an inventory of all current programs including their costs to Orange County along with the services that are currently being provided through t each program; C. Facilitate communication among various components of the health system; A. Provide a forum where providers and consumers can consider health system alternatives; E. Encourage and facilitate consumer involvements in the planning and delivery of health services; F. Provide a forum far local input into Capital Health Systems Agency initiatives;