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MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH February 26, 1998 Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Patsy L. Bateman 4 February 26, 1998 The motion to send said letter of support to the legislative committee was made by Jonathan Klein, seconded by Melvin Hurston and carried without dissent. HEALTH CHECK PROGRAM, PRESENTED BY ROSEMARY SUMMERS There is a danger of the Health Department losing Medicaid reimbursement for those visits. There is a Medicaid Briefing Sheet in your packet that was prepared for John Link when he went to the North Carolina County Commissioner’s Association meeting. Some County Managers were asked to come and give their opinion on Health Check. The numbers on the second page were requested last month on how many visits Orange County Health Department has and what the impact on the budget might be if the Orange County Health Department lost this revenue. Dr. Bruton will extend the waiver at least through February of next year and perhaps through the entire fiscal year. This extension does not change the intent of a primary care home for each child. CORE FUNCTIONS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, PRESENTED BY ROSEMARY SUMMERS There were lively discussions at the retreat. All three groups came up with similar ideas. Cornelia Ramsey combined the recommendations from all three groups into the list included in your packet. The motion to approve the Core Functions and Essential Services was made by Jonathan Klein, seconded by Janet Southerland and carried without dissent. 6. RECEIVE: COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS REPORT, PRESENTED BY ROSEMARY SUMMERS Community diagnosis is in the final stages of being developed and will be submitted to the State with an integration of the Healthy Carolinians priorities into this community diagnosis. A summary of this report will be given to the Board next month. RECEIVE: HEALTHY CAROLINIANS UPDATE, PRESENTED BY ROSEMARY SUMMERS A Steering Committee meeting has been scheduled for March 25, 1998 and that meeting will look at the objectives included in this packet. Cornelia Ramsey and Rosemary Summers will be meeting to draw up a proposed process and organization for that whole structure. It’s been about two years since the beginning of that process. The group has completed the planning phase and is ready to proceed to implementation. The plan will be presented to the Steering Committee for their consideration and the Board will see it at the March meeting. RECEIVE: INFORMATION ON SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES MOVE, PRESENTED BY ROSEMARY SUMMERS Orange County Health Department is still scheduled to open services at the new building on March 16, 1998. The County is beginning plans for a grand opening for the public. In the move process, our clinics at Carr Mill will be closed March 5-13, but there will be a nurse who takes walk-in patients and triages patients as needed. Regular appointments will not be held during the move. The furniture is still coming. The computers have been installed. The four human service agencies relocating in the new building have formed a small employee committee to develop policies. Health Department clients will be notified via post cards announcing the change in location with a map on it. As of today there will be no bus service to the front door of the Southern Human Services building. The letter requested by the Board at the last meeting was mailed to the incorrect address. A new letter has been sent to the correct address. A suggestion was made to send a letter to or meet with the Mayor and the Town Council of Chapel Hill requesting bus service to the front door of the Southern Human Services building. A motion was made by Beverly Foster and seconded by Barry Adler to adjourn the meeting. The next regular Board of Health meeting will be held on March 26, 1998 at the Government Services Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Respectfully submitted, Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH Interim Health Director RLS:plb