HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 764 Draft 01 2006-2008COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAII
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A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S).
WHEREAS, the Office of Social Ministries (OSM) is a department of the Roman
Catholic Church in Hawaii that serves the community through its Safety Net programs for the
underserved; and
WHEREAS, 78,724 individuals or 55% of Big Island residents are either uninsured for
dental care or are insured under Medicaid (Primary Care Association 2004); however, there are
less than eight dentists who accept Medicaid/Quest patients on the island; and
WHEREAS, these at risk residents include those who: have Medicaid/Quest insurance,
are low-income and/or uninsured, medically fragile, children, the developmentally disabled, the
homeless, the mentally ill, and frail elderly; and
WHEREAS, Medicaid and Quest programs provide no routine dental coverage for adults
and children, and these patients must ofren wait until their condition is an emergency situation;
and
WHEREAS, since they have no regular dental care provider, they go to the Kona
Community Hospital Emergency Room (ER) which refers the patients (from the ER) to the
Mobile Care Health Project (MCHP) dental van because the hospital does not have hospital
dentistry available; and
WHEREAS, the MCHP is a dental service that provides direct dental care, flouride
treatments, and health education for the underinsured and uninsured at-risk population, and the
dental van serves an average of 1,700 patients annually at no cost or on a sliding scale based on
income level; and
WHEREAS, as of June 30, 2009, the OSM MCHP dental van services will be
transferred to the West Hawaii Community Health Center to continue provision of outreach
dental services in the West Hawaii area; and
WHEREAS, Contingency Relief funds from Council District 7 will be appropriated to
the Hawaii Fire Department to be used towards the OSM/Mobile Health Care Project for
financial support in the West Hawaii area; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`1 that the
following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $10,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $10,000
CREDITED TO:
010.221.5224.02 Hawaii County Fire Department $10,000
Fire Prevention OCE
(OSM/Mobile Care Health Project)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Fire Chief and the Director of Finance and that the Director of Finance is hereby
authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this resolution.
Dated at Hilo ,Hawaii, this 8th day of October , 2008.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL ME ER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
OUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of [he
Countyol'Hawai`ion October 8 2008
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