COM 0736.002 2010-2012 - Laserfiche WebLink

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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO ENROLL THE COUNTY INTO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNT CARD MARKETING FEE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. WHEREAS, Hawai`i County is a member in good standing of the National Association of Counties (NACo); and WHEREAS, Hawai`i County currently participates in the NACo Prescription Discount Card Program (PDCP); and WHEREAS, the NACo PDCP offers savings of up to 24% for uninsured and underinsured County residents who pay out of pocket for their prescriptions; and WHEREAS, NACo is offering a new marketing fee reimbursement option for the Prescription Discount Card Program; and WHEREAS, under the new marketing fee reimbursement option, Hawai`i County would receive a one dollar marketing fee per prescription each time the prescription discount card is used; and WHEREAS, NACo representatives assured the County Council at the April 17, 2012, Governmental Relations Committee presentation that the marketing fee reimbursement option will not increase costs for the user of the Prescription Discount Card, nor incur any cost to Hawai`i County; and WHEREAS, the Office of Aging has many elder care and health management programs that would benefit from increased revenue as provided per the marketing fee reimbursement option; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby authorizes the Chair of the County Council to take all necessary steps to enroll the County into the NACo marketing fee reimbursement option of the Prescription Discount Card Program. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Finance Department work with the Office of Aging to direct all revenue from this marketing fee program to the Office of Aging's program account as a separate line item, and all expenditures from this revenue shall be a separate line item with sub - categories identified in the budget. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this resolution to Andrew Goldschmidt, Director of NACo Membership Marketing, the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, the Director of Finance, and the County Executive on Aging.