To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, RS, MSA, Health Officer
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RE: Approval of the Genesee County Health Department Plan of Organization
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Board review and approval of the Genesee County Health Department’s Plan of Organization to be submitted to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as required for accreditation.
BACKGROUND:
The Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) will undergo its accreditation site visit February 10-14, 2025. As a part of the local public health department accreditation process, a local health department must submit for review its Plan of Organization to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services a minimum of 60 days before its accreditation audit. The plan of organization must be presented in a standard format provided by MDHHS. The previous approved Plan of Organization was submitted in December 2019. February 2020 was the last time the Health Department had an accreditation site review due to COVID. Before the GCHD submits its Plan of Organization to MDHHS, it must be signed by both the Health Officer and the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners.
DISCUSSION:
This request is for Board approval of the plan of organization per Section 1, Powers and Duties, MPR 1, Indicator 1.6. Board approval of this item authorizes the attached Plan of Organization to be signed by the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners and the Health Officer.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
Genesee County Health Department staffing information has been included in the plan of organization.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Operating budget information for the Health Department has been included in the plan of organization.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There is no impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
Genesee County IT provided feedback on the section describing information technology capacity.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
The Genesee County Health Department continues to support healthy, livable, and safe communities as well as inclusive and collaborative culture through its plan of organization. The plan of organization addresses, in part, Health Department priorities for improving the public’s health and focuses on the role of the Health Department as a convener to enhance community partnerships to promote public health.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Health Officer to approve and submit the Genesee County Health Department’s Plan of Organization to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the November 13, 2024 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and both the Chairperson of this Board and the Health Officer are authorized to sign the Plan of Organization on behalf of Genesee County.