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A MOTION regarding action by the Harborview Board of Trustees on October 27, 2022, in accordance with Section 6.4.4. of the hospital services agreement between King County and the University of Washington to suspend support for mission population programs and services provided by King County.
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WHEREAS, Harborview Medical Center ("Harborview") is a comprehensive regional health care facility owned by King County and, in accordance with the hospital services agreement between the Harborview Medical Center, the University of Washington and King County dated February 25, 2016 ("the agreement"), is operated by UW Medicine, and overseen by a thirteen-member board of trustees, and
WHEREAS, Harborview is the only Level 1 Trauma Center for adults and children serving a four-state region that includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Washington, and provides specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients. Harborview is maintained as a public hospital by King County to improve the health and well-being of the entire community and to provide quality healthcare to the most vulnerable, and
WHEREAS, the mission population of Harborview is described in the council-approved Harborview mission statement, and incorporated into the agreement, as the groups of patients and programs to be given priority of care and include: the non-English-speaking poor; the uninsured or underinsured; victims of domestic violence or sexual assault; people incarcerated in King County's jails; people with mental illness or substance abuse problems, particularly those treated involuntarily; people with sexually transmitted diseases; and those who require specialized emergency, trauma or burn care, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 6.4.2 of the agreement, by December 31 of each year, the board of trustees shall allocate $5 million from Harborview's revenues or reserves to a fund to support mission population programs and services being provided by the county, and
WHEREAS, historically...

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