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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: August 2017 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Board of Health Policy Review <br /> <br /> <br />Attachment(s): Proposed Revisions Section I.E. & Section I.E. Attachment B <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Beverly Scurry <br /> <br />Purpose: __X_ Action <br /> _ _ Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br />The Board of Health reviews its policy manual annually. Updates to the Fee and <br />Eligibility Policy are recommended below: <br /> <br />I.E. Fee and Eligibility Policy <br /> <br />• Addtion of Family Home Visiting under income eligibility <br />• Change from 10 days to 30 days or less in which patients must provide verification of <br />income and/or residency <br />• Residency requirements specify residents or non-resident ‘may’ be eligible instead of <br />‘is’ eligible. Also excludes Family Home Visiting programs. <br />• Fee for service statement added - Fees for 340b drugs dispensed to Medicaid <br />patients will be reviewed and set annually based on the average, annual cost to <br />the County to purchase the drugs. <br /> <br />Section I.E. Attachment B <br />• Refects the change from 10 business days to 30 business days or less <br /> <br /> <br />Recommended Action: _X_Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> ___Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):