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~~.s- ao~a- o3a <br />JOINT RESOLUTION <br />OF THE BOARDS OF COUNTY COMIVIISSIONERS <br />OF ALAMANCE, CABARRUS, CASWELL, CHATHAM, DAVIDSON, <br />FRAlvI~.IN, GRANVILLE, HALIFAX, ORANGE, PERSON, ROWAN, <br />STANLY, UNION, VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES <br />WI~REAS, the Boards of County Commissioners of Alama,nce, Cabarrus, <br />Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Granville, Halif~, Orange, Person, Rowan, <br />Stanly, Union, Vance and Warren Counties previously resolved to be separately served <br />by the Five County, OPC, and PBH Area Authorities; <br />Wf~REAS, the State of North Carolina passed Session Law 2011-264, which <br />requires sta.tewide expansion of the 1915(b)/(c) Medicaid Waiver to be managed by Area <br />Authorities operating as Managed Caze Organizations; <br />WI~REAS, the North Carolina General Assembly is currently addressing the <br />governance needs of Asea Authorities operating as Managed Care Organizations through <br />a Health and Human Services Subcommittee on LME Governance, and intends to pass <br />governance legislation in the 2012 legislative short session; <br />WHEREAS, the Boaxds of County Commissioners of Alarnance, Cabarrus, <br />Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Orange, Person, Rowan, <br />Stanly, Union, Vance and Warren Counties now desire to be served by a single Area <br />Authority operating as a Managed Care Organization with a governance structure that <br />will function under existing law, as well as under the new governance legislation; <br />NOW, TF~REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED JOINTLY as follows: <br />Section 1. Resolution and Purpose <br />It is in the interest of the public health and welfa.re to create an Area Authority to <br />operate North Carolina's 1915(b)/(c) Medicaid Waiver as a Managed Caze Organization <br />and to manage all public resources that may become available for mental health, <br />intellectual and developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services, including <br />federal block grant funds, federal funding for Medicaid and Health Choice, and all other <br />public funding sources. <br />Section 2. Establishment of Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions <br />There is hereby created and established pursuant to G.S. 122C-115(c) an Area <br />Authority known as Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions ("Cardinal Innovations"). <br />Pursuant to the 1915(b)/(c) Medicaid Waiver and 42 C.F.R. 438.2, Cardinal Innovations <br />Healthcare Solutions shall operate as a Managed Care Organization and Prepaid Inpatient <br />Health Plan. Cazdinal Innovations shall include the Alamance-Caswell, Five County, <br />OPC, and Piedmont Community Operations Centers. <br />3 <br />