Drafter
Clerk 05/12/2016
Title
A RESOLUTION establishing a standing committee of the Board of Health related to the Public Health - Seattle & King County Health Care for the Homeless Network grant.
Body
WHEREAS, the Board of Health is the formal governance board for the Public Health - Seattle & King County Health Care for the Homeless grant under the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 254b, and
WHEREAS, the grant is received from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care, and
WHEREAS, as a health center grantee, King County must comply with a set of governance expectations and has elected to meet those requirements through the King County Board of Health, a federated body authorized by the King County council, and
WHEREAS, Public Health - Seattle & King County has been granted a waiver of the requirement that the governance board be composed of at least fifty-one percent health center users, and approved to use alternate mechanisms for consumer input into the grant's oversight, and
WHEREAS, the Health Care for the Homeless Network Planning Council is advisory to the King County Board of Health and Public Health - Seattle & King County on matters relating to the Health Care for the Homeless Network program, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Health would strengthen its connection to the planning council, by establishing a standing advisory committee on the Health Care for the Homeless Network program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Health of King County:
The standing advisory committee on the Health Care for the Homeless Network is hereby established and is comprised of one member from each category of Board of Health membership, which are the King County council, the Seattle City council, the Sound Cities Association and health professionals, who shall be assigned by the Board of
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