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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH October 28, 2004 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 2 October 28, 2004 A. Minutes approval of September 23, 2004 meeting. B. Rabies Prevention Policies and Procedures for the Health Department The Health Director has statutory authority in the area of rabies prevention and control that have been an integral part of the Health Department operation through the communicable disease program and animal control. With the transition of animal control to a new county department, policies which had been informal needed to be committed to paper to ensure that the continuity of practice would continue to exist across departmental lines and preserve the principles of rabies protection. The Animal Control and Environmental Health Committee reviewed these policies at their October meeting and had no changes to the policies. C. Primary Care Grant Funds Acceptance The Orange County Health Department applied for and received $86,460 of one-time funding for FY 2004-2005 from the NC Office of Research, Demonstrations, and Rural Health Development in the Department of Health and Human Services to support the development of primary care services in Hillsborough. The Orange County Board of Health and the Orange County Commissioners supported the expansion to primary care services in the current budget. These funds will support 2.5 FTE temporary positions, counseling and nutrition services for non- Medicaid clients and a computer, printer, and software for the pharmacy. The temporary positions include a 1.0 FTE Public Health Nurse I, a 1.0 FTE Nursing Assistant, and a .5 FTE Laboratory Technician. D. Primary Care Fee Schedule Approval With the start of primary care, new services/labs will be added. These fees will enable the new program to earn revenue to partially support the program. These are consistent with the projections in the primary care proposal presented during the budgeting process. In the laboratory column, it should be noted that some laboratory charges are lower than the actual Medicaid rate. For those tests, OCHD uses the UNC Hospitals McLendon Labs and may only charge the actual charge to us from the lab. The sliding fee scale applies to these fees as well. The OCHD cannot bill for lab tests that are sent to reference labs. E. Contract with Triangle JCOG for Active Seniors grant Rosemary Summers requested Item IV.E. Contract with Triangle JCOG for Active Seniors grant be removed from the Consent Agenda for future consideration. Motion to approve the minutes of January 22, 2004 and items on the Consent Agenda as amended was made by Kate Wilder, seconded by Chris Harlan, and carried without dissent.