Explanation
BACKGROUND: It has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various neighborhood initiatives that enhance the well-being of Columbus residents. To that extent, City Council has identified $50,000 in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund that Council wishes to transfer to support infectious disease prevention and investigations at Columbus Public Health.
The Infectious Disease Reporting System (IDRS) is the combined infectious disease reporting system for health care provided in Franklin County, including the City of Columbus. The Columbus and Franklin County Public Health agencies have joined forces to make the reporting, tracking and investigation of infectious disease cases easier and more convenient. Physicians, hospitals, infection control professionals, laboratorians and any individual, per Communicable Disease Rules 3701-3-01 through 3701-3-30 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC), are legally required to report suspected, lab-confirmed, and clinical diagnoses of specific diseases and conditions within specified time frames to IDRS. The staff of the IDRS will ensure proper investigation and follow-up of all infectious disease reports. With this combined data, the public health agencies will conduct appropriate surveillance of infectious diseases; develop, implement and communicate public health prevention strategies; ensure affected residents have access to medical follow-up; communicate with the medical community; educate residents about infectious diseases and support the domestic preparedness response plan. $50,000 is provided for the expansion of these efforts.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $50,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund and the transfer and appropriation of $50,000.00 from said Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this ordinance is made available from the City's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund 018 for transfer to the Health Special R...
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