File #: 16-05    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: In control: Board of Health
On agenda: Final action: 5/19/2016
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16-05
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.
Attachments: 1. BOH Resolution 16-05.pdf, 2. BOH Staff Report HCHN standing committee Resolution 05-19-2016 FINAL sent.doc, 3. HCHN Governance Plan 05-19-2016.doc

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.

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                     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

Health is part of its annual reorganization during which the Board of Health's work plan is adopted and the Board of Health's chair and vice chairs are elected.