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34 <br /> • November 2023 — The Orange County Board of Health approved a revision to <br /> the Orange County Rules for Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, <br /> 2024. The bulk of the revision mirrors and adopts by reference the pending 18E <br /> Rules from NCDHHS. <br /> Changes in the revised Rules are a re-organization of the current code and <br /> clarification of current language as part of an effort to simplify and streamline the <br /> current rules. This represents technological advances, standardized terminology, <br /> and practical knowledge. The new rules become effective January 01, 2024. <br /> The Orange County Regulations for Wastewater Treatment and Disposal <br /> Systems, 2015, will be rescinded. <br /> • November 2023 - UNC ObGyn, Orange County Department of Health <br /> Receive Funding to Reduce Inequities in Maternal Health Care and <br /> Outcomes - A study between the UNC Chapel-Hill and Orange County Health <br /> Department, called "Thriving Hearts: Healing-Centered, Integrated, Community <br /> Maternity Care," has been approved for a $21-million funding award from the <br /> Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, <br /> nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. The funding award will be used <br /> to reduce the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and <br /> improve maternal outcomes across 10 North Carolina counties over the next six <br /> years. The project will be led by Alison Stuebe, MD, professor of obstetrics and <br /> gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, Orange County BOH Member and <br /> Quintana Stewart, director of Orange County's Health Department. The two will <br /> be coordinating with local health departments, families, and community groups to <br /> make pregnancy and birth safer. <br /> List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br /> ➢ Community Health Assessment — Conducted every 4 years; 2023 <br /> Assessment due to NC DHHS in March 2024 <br /> ➢ Financial Reports and Billing Dashboards — Quarterly Review <br /> ➢ Budget — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Outside Agency Funding Request — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Alliance Annual Report — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Policy Review— Annual Review <br /> ➢ Communicable Disease Report — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Child Fatality Report — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Tobacco Prevention Program — Annual Update <br /> ➢ Health Director Annual Performance Review <br /> ➢ BOH Reappointments — Chair and Vice Chair— Annual Review <br /> ➢ Healthy Carolinians of Orange County — Annual Update <br /> ➢ BOH Meeting Schedule — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Delinquent Accounts — Annual Review <br /> ➢ Immigrant and Refugee — Annual Update <br /> Page 3 of 5 <br />