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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />February 27, 2019 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2019 Agenda & Abstracts/ February Page 5 <br />levels of complexity and time involved for the procedures. Finally, the division requests to <br />implement scheduled adjustments to the fees for 340B drugs (Family Planning drugs not <br />including birth control pills) to make them match the county’s cost to purchase them, as required <br />by the state and federal government. The total financial impact from Personal Health fee <br />changes is projected to be a maximum of $39,449. <br /> <br />The BOH had questions that were addressed by Ms. Crawford and Quintana Stewart. <br /> <br />Motion to approve the total budget in the amount of $10,575,428 for FY 2019-2020 and to <br />approve all fee changes for FY 2019-2020 as presented and forward to the County <br />Manager and Board of County Commissioners for action was made by Liska Lackey, <br />seconded by Keith Bagby and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />VII. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action <br /> <br />A. Fluoride Ad Hoc Committee Update <br /> <br />BOH and Fluoridation Subcomittee member, Liska Lackey, gave an update on the status of <br />recruitment of fluoride panel experts. Three experts were requested – an expert in toxicology, <br />dental and medical/endocrinology. So far, only a dental expert has been obtained. Discussion <br />followed regarding the best methods to ensure the goal of attaining a panel of 3 experts <br />including paying consultants and the promotion of these requested experts. It was determined <br />that various BOH members will reach out to their colleagues and professional organizations with <br />the added paid benefit to the panel experts of $125/hour in hopes of obtaining the additional <br />experts needed to complete the panel. <br /> <br />B. Board of Education Letter of Support <br /> <br />Earlier this month, BOH member, Jennifer Deyo, met with Orange County Board of Education <br />(OC BOE) member, Hillary MacKenzie, to discuss the BOH’s letter of support for their equity <br />policy. Historically, the OC BOE wasn’t happy with how it has handled racial equity. All of the <br />OC BOE members will have to complete racial equity training. Ms. Deyo reported that the OC <br />BOE recently voted and approved the equity policy this month. Discussion followed including <br />whether it would be helpful to fulfill OC BOE’s request to have a letter of support from the BOH. <br />The proposed requested letter of support would point out the benefits to the county employees, <br />the students and the teachers as well as applaud the approval of the equity policy. <br /> <br />Motion to move forward to write the letter of support for the OC Board of Education’s <br />Equity Policy was made by Liska Lackey and seconded by Bruce Baldwin and carried <br />without dissent. <br /> <br />C. Health Director Report <br /> <br />In addition to her report, some of the highlights Ms. Stewart gave are below. <br /> <br />• Ms. Stewart gave a brief update on Medicaid Transformation . The NC DHHS <br />announced the four Prepaid Health Plan (PHP) contracts (AmeriHealth Caritas North <br />Carolina, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, United Healthcare of North <br />Carolina, Inc. and WellCare of North Carolina, Inc.) that will serve the entire state of <br />North Carolina. The Health Department has attested to tier 3 – Advanced Medical