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ROBERT G.WINFREE <br /> CHAIRMAN Capital Health Systems Agency, Inc. <br /> MICHAEL M.RUFFIN <br /> VICE CHAIRMAN 800 NORTH MANGUM STREET•DURHAM,NORTH CAROLINA 27701•TELEPHONE 919-682-3900 <br /> NANCY M.LANE <br /> VICE CHAIRMAN <br /> SAOOIE H.GILLESPIE <br /> SECRETARY <br /> JOHN E.RAMSAY,JR. <br /> TREASURER <br /> ELMER M.JOHNSON <br /> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR March 12, 1987 <br /> Mr. Kenneth R. Thompson <br /> County Manager, Orange County <br /> 106 E. Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsborough, N. C. 27278 <br /> Dear Mr, Thompson: <br /> Financial assistance received from Orange County over <br /> many years has helped this agency to give citizens of our <br /> area a voice in the development of the major health resources <br /> on which they must rely. I am writing to ask for <br /> continuation of the County' s support in the 1987-88 fiscal <br /> year. <br /> The current N. C. General Assembly will be considering <br /> whether sufficient funding should be included in the State's <br /> 1987-89 biennial budget to keep the Statewide network of six <br /> health systems agencies in operation. If State funds are <br /> appropriated, it is quite likely that the amount will be less <br /> than we received from the U. S. Department of Health and <br /> Human Services prior to October 1, 1986, when Federal funds <br /> were discontinued. This fact makes the allocations we <br /> receive from County governments all the more crucial to the <br /> maintenance of a staff adequate to do the job. <br /> Any additional State appropriation to the agency <br /> undoubtedly will carry with it an obligation for our full <br /> participation in the State certificate of need review <br /> program, perhaps with responsibilities beyond those we <br /> have been called upon to carry out in the past. <br /> If additional State funds are not received, there is the <br /> possibility that this agency may not exist throughout the <br /> 1987-88 fiscal year, or that if it exists without State <br /> support, its services may not be those in which the County <br /> has an interest. In that sense, this is a contingency <br /> request, with the understanding that payment would not be <br /> made if there does not exist a service program which the <br /> County chooses to help finance. <br /> Citizens supporting wise evolvement and use of health resources in counties of Health Service Area IV <br /> CHATHAM • DURHAM • FRANKLIN • GRANVILLE • JOHNSTON • LEE • ORANGE • PERSON • VANCE • WAKE • WARREN <br />