City of Columbus - File #: 0580-2009

• File #: 0580-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/9/2009
• In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 5/18/2009
• Final action: 5/21/2009
• Title: To authorize an appropriation in the amount of $70,690,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department to provide home care services to older adults in connection with the PASSPORT Medicaid Waiver Program in Central Ohio; and to declare an emergency. ($70,690,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/21/2009	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
5/20/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/18/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
5/18/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
5/7/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/22/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/22/2009	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/22/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/22/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/22/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/20/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/20/2009	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/17/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/17/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/16/2009	1	REC & PARKS DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/16/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/16/2009	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/16/2009	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/14/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/13/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation will 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) program for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

Pre-Admission Screening System Providing Options and Resources Today (PASSPORT) provides home care services as an alternative to nursing home admission for Medicaid eligible clients. Services include case management, adult day care, homemaker, meals, personal care, respite, transportation and emergency response. Approximately 4,100 clients are currently being served by COAAA under the PASSPORT program.

Emergency action is requested in order to have funding available in the proper accounts for continued operations.


FISCAL IMPACT: $70,690,000.00 in funds has been made available to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.

Title
To authorize an appropriation in the amount of $70,690,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department to provide home care services to older adults in connection with the PASSPORT Medicaid Waiver Program in Central Ohio; and to declare an emergency. ($70,690,000.00)

Body

WHEREAS, this legislation will 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) program for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Pre-Admission Screening System Providing Options and Resources Today (PASSPORT) Medicaid Waiver Program in Central Ohio provides home care services as an alternative to nursing home admission for Medicaid eligible clients; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds in order to hav...