Explanation
This legislation will authorize the appropriation and expenditure of up to $13,400,000.00 to increase various contracts for the provision of PASSPORT home care and Assisted Living services for older adults in Central Ohio.
Ordinance No. 1386-2022, passed July 14, 2022, authorized various PASSPORT and Assisted Living contracts for the period beginning July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 in accordance with grant requirements. This ordinance authorizes additional funding for said contracts to ensure funding is available to support the term of the contract through Jun 30, 2023, per the attached contract list.
Additional grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the remainder of the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested in order to meet the conditions of the grant so that providers can be paid within 30 days of providing service, and so that services can continue until June 30, 2023, without interruption.
Fiscal Impact:
$13,400,000.00 in funds have been made available to the Recreation and Parks grant fund. $13,400,000.00 is required and budgeted from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to meet the financial obligation for said contracts.
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of up to $13,400,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; to authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase various contracts for PASSPORT home care and Assisted Living services; and to declare an emergency. ($13,400,000.00)
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WHEREAS, PASSPORT (Pre-Admission Screening System Providing Options and Resources Today) is a Medicaid funded program that provides home care services as an alternative to nursing home admission and currently serves 8,700 individuals in Central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, there are four hundred and ninety (490) PASSPORT and assisted living agencies that provide services to older adults in accordance with the Ohio Department of Aging contracting requirements; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an appropriation of grant funds from the Ohio Department of Aging for the continued operation of the Pre-Admission Screening System Providing Options and Resources Today (PASSPORT) Medicaid Waiver program for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $13,400,000.00 to provide PASSPORT home care and Assisted Living services for older adults in Central Ohio for the remainder of the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the funds to enter into said contracts have been made available from the Ohio Department of Aging; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to appropriate funds for the purposes of increasing said contracts so there is no interruption of Medicaid funded services for PASSPORT and Assisted Living clients, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, the sum of $13,400,000.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51, Fund No. 2286, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $13,400,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, and is hereby authorized from and within Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 2286, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Recreation and Parks is authorized to increase various contracts for the provision of PASSPORT home care and Assisted Living services for older adults in Central Ohio.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the order of the Director of Recreation and Parks; and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 7. That for the 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes same.