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APPROVED 8/21/2012 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION MARCH 15, 2012 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Link Government Services Center, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, and Steve Yuhasz COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Managers Gwen Harvey and Michael Talbert, and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) COUNTY STAFF ABSENT: County Manager Frank Clifton Chair Pelissier called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. 1. OPC Local Management Entity (LME) — Transition Management and Retiree Health Insurance Planning PURPOSE: OPC (Orange, Person, and Chatham Mental Health LME) is effecting elements of an agreed upon merger with PBH (Piedmont Behavioral Health) effective April 1, 2012. The BOCC is asked to review two management proposals pertinent to the merger— First, creation of an advisory and governance structure; and second, a transition plan that provides continuation of healthcare benefits for OPC retirees. Details are presented in the following narrative and attachments. OPC Area Program Director Judy Truitt gave an overview of this item. In February of 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation, which required that there would be a statewide implementation of a Medicaid waiver, a concurrent 1915 BC waiver. In May of 2011, she presented to the Board the recommendation of the OPC Area Mental Health Board that they move forward in negotiations with PBH, which is the area mental health authority that is located to the southwest. The Board of County Commissioners approved unanimously to move forward in those negotiations, which she has been doing. Commissioner Jacobs pointed out that he voted `no.' Judy Truitt said that she would change the information to reflect this. Judy Truitt said that, in the interim, in the fall of 2011, Alamance/Caswell joined with PBH. At the end of December, the five-county mental health authority also joined with PBH. On April 1 st, the Medicaid waiver will be open in Orange, Person, and Chatham Counties. Following the opening waiver in the communities, they will continue the due diligence with the expectation that OPC will dissolve on June 30, 2012.