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1 , <br />~~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No g' ~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Nursing Home Advisory Committee - Expansion of Membership <br />-------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT County Commissioners <br />-------------------------------- <br />ATTACHMENT (S) <br />House Bill 897 <br />Letter dated 1/30/98 <br />----------------------------- <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES NO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Commissioner Margaret Brown <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PURPOSE: To consider a request from the Nursing Home Advisory <br />Committee to expand the membership of this committee by five. <br />BACKGROUND: On February 10, 1998, Brian Schulten, co-chair of the <br />Nursing Home Advisory Committee asked the County Commissioners to <br />expand the number of committee members by five. During the 1997 <br />session, the General Assembly passed HB897 which authorized five <br />additional members per committee at the discretion of the County <br />Commissioners. <br />1 <br />RECOMMENDATION: Expand the number of committee members for the Nursing <br />Home Advisory Committee from seven to twelve. <br />