Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has a need to provide refugee health screens for individuals who have arrived in Central Ohio as refugees. The Board of Health contracts with the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. (CNHC) to provide the refugee health screens throughout the community. This ordinance will authorize a revenue contract under which the Columbus Board of Health will contract with CNHC to provide the refugee health screens. Under this contract, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will reimburse the Columbus Health Department for all services provided by CNHC through its health center sites, and the Board of Health will then forward reimbursement to CNHC.
Emergency action is requested to ensure timely reimbursement to the Board of Health and CNHC.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will reimburse the Board of Health for costs related to each refugee health screen. The revenue from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will be deposited into the Health Special Revenue Fund.
Title
To authorize the Columbus Health Department to enter into a revenue contract with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to provide refugee health screens at various neighborhood health centers in an amount not to exceed $120,000; and to declare an emergency. ($120,000)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has a need to provide refugee health screens; and,
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has contracted with the Columbus Health Department to provide refugee health screens; and,
WHEREAS, emergency action is requested to ensure timely reimbursement to the Columbus Health Department and CNHC.
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delays in providing program services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Columbus Health Department is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a revenue contract with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services in an amount not to exceed $120,000 for the period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
SECTION 2. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.