Explanation
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate $49,000.00 in Medicaid fee revenues that have been generated through the Dental Sealant Grant Program. Ordinance No. 0067-2015 authorized the Board of Health to accept and appropriate a grant award in the amount of $45,400.00 from the Ohio Department of Health for the Dental Sealant Program for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. The Dental Sealant Program provides free sealants to school-age children. Where it is possible, the program bills Medicaid for the dental services provided.
The primary purpose of the Dental Sealant Program is to prevent dental caries among school children through an evidence-based community approach. The program targets higher-risk schools in order to reach higher-risk children. In addition to currently served second and third grade students, the program will be expanded to include sixth and seventh grade students along with additional second and third grade students.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the continued dental sealant services to be provided to the youth without a delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Dental Sealant Grant Program is funded by a $45,400.00 grant from the Ohio Department of Health and program fee revenues to be appropriated total $49,000.00. The grant is administered in the Health Department Grants Fund. The additional appropriation will be used to fund additional hours for part-time workers and for the purchase of dental supplies.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $49,000.00 in fee revenues from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund to the Dental Sealant Grant Program, and to declare an emergency. ($49,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, $49,000.00 in Medicaid fee revenues have been generated through the Dental Sealant Grant program for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial tra...
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