ADOPTED - AUGUST 26, 2003

Agenda Item No. 33

Introduced by the Human Services, County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE TO IMPROVE BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER CONTROL PROGRAM SERVICES

RESOLUTION #03-210

WHEREAS, Ingham County, through the Health Department, operates a Federal-funded Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program; and

WHEREAS, the County provides, through the Health Department, the administrative staff support to the Ingham Health Plan Corporation; and

WHEREAS, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), Cancer Section, has obtained a Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant to improve breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment services to low-income women has used the Michigan Public Health Institute as its fiduciary agent to administer a grant to Ingham County; and

WHEREAS, the Health Department has advised the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) that not all the funds committed in the grant budget will be expended in the contract period and MPHI has proposed that the contract be amended to reduce funding by $20,000; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorize and execute the amendment to reduce program funding from $120,000 to $100,000.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes an amendment to the agreement with the Michigan Public Health Institute, originally authorized in Resolution No. 02-184, to improve enrollment of eligible persons in cancer screening activities and to increase the number of medical providers willing to participate in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the amendment shall have the effect of reducing overall funding from $120,000 to $100,000.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is authorized to amend the Health Department's 2003 budget to implement this resolution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign the amendment after review by the County Attorney.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Dedden, Weatherwax-Grant, Celentino, Swope, Severino

Nays: None Absent: Hertel Approved 8/18/03

COUNTY SERVICES: Yeas: Celentino, Holman, De Leon, Severino

Nays: None Absent: Schor, Nevin Approved 8/19/03

FINANCE: Yeas: Grebner, Swope, Dedden, Hertel, Thomas

Nays: None Absent: Minter Approved 8/20/03