HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1524 (2)8. Request from the Health Department for Approval of a Hydroxyprogesterone
Caproate Fee of $14: Health Director Donna Campbell said this medication was given
weekly to pregnant women with a history of pre -term labor to prevent premature births. (This
will be CPT Code J1741.)
9. Request from the Health Department for Approval of a Gardasil Fee of $122:
Health Director Donna Campbell said this vaccine was recommended for females 9 to 26 years
of age for the prevention of Human Papillomavirus infection that could lead to cervical cancer.
(This will be CPT Code 90649. The vaccine will be demand -based ordered and will be State
supplied to only Medicaid eligible, uninsured, American Indian or Alaskan natives. All others
will be private pay.)
10. Request from the Health Department for Approval of Budget Amendment #36 for
Additional Title X Funding: Health Director Donna Campbell said additional Title X funding
of $3,375 was available, and it would be used to purchase birth control supplies.
11. Request from the Health Department for Approval to Revise the Dental Clinic Fee
Schedule: Health Director Donna Campbell said about three percent of the dental clinic patients
were at the federal poverty level, and no fees were collected. She requested to stop the sliding
scale at 20% so that everyone would be assessed a fee in order for the clinic to be self-
supporting. (Patients who were previously at 0% pay will now be at 20% pay.)
12. Request from the Health Department for Approval of an Update to the Solicitation
Policy of 1999: Health Director Donna Campbell said this request would (1) create a more
comprehensive policy that provided better control measures and auditing tools (2) provide
software technology to solicit and receive monetary as well as product donations and (3)
increase the health director's approval threshold levels as follows:
• Approval by the board of health/board of commissioners if the monetary donation is
over $5,000
• Approval by the board of healthiboard of commissioners if the product (individual) has
a fair market value greater than, or equal to, $5,000
13. Request from the NC Department of Health & Human Services for a Month -to -
Month -Lease Agreement Extending from October — December 31, 2007 (Current lease for
216 Sq. Ft. of Space at the Iredell County Government Center -South expires on
September 30, 2007.) County Manager Mashburn said the State Division of Public Health
previously leased space in the Government Center -South, but notification was received that after
December, the agency would no longer need the space. Mashburn said the current lease expired
at the end of September, and the state had requested a month-to-month agreement terminating at
the end of December 2007.
14. Request from the Elections Department for Approval to Apply for a Help America
Vote Act "Electronic Records Access at the Polling Place" Grant: Elections Supervisor
Becky Galliher said this grant would help to purchase electronic poll books, and these would
provide an automated "check in" for voters. Galliher said the benefits from the electronic
method would be better security and better accuracy (voter's ballot style would be printed on the
authorization to vote form); plus the system would be time -saving for the voters. She said the
grant amount available was $87,000.
15. Request for the Scheduling of FY 2007-08 Budget Work Sessions: The board chose
budget deliberation dates of Monday, May 21, Thursday, May 24, and Tuesday, May 29, at 5:30
p.m. (South Wing Conference Room/ICGC).
16. Request for Approval of the April 17, 2007 Minutes
17. Request for a Letter Supporting a Federal Grant Application by Indicating a
Willingness to Expand Transportation Services to the New Hope, Union Grove,
Eagle Mills, Sharpesburg, Olin and Turnersburg Townships of Iredell County: Deputy
County Manager Susan Blumenstein said the federal government had identified 200 counties
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