HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-001RESOLUTION NO. 82-1
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA REQUESTING A
FULL REVIEW OF THE FUNDING AND SERVICE ALLOCATION
PRACTICES OF MENTAL HEALTH BOARD NO. 9 INC.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County was advised by the Executive Director of Mental Health
Center, Inc. that the Center would have to close its fifteen (15)
bed inpatient unit due to inadequate funding, and
WHEREAS, the County Commission has now learned that after
repeated requests for assistance from Mental Health Board No. 9,
Inc. and the State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
additional funds became available for the temporary continuation of
inpatient services, and
WHEREAS, the distribution of inpatient care in the five (5)
County area is inequitable; the fifteen (15) bed facility serves four
(4) Counties while three (3) inpatient receiving facilities exist
and serve Palm Beach County with a one hundred and sixty (160) bed
capacity, and
WHEREAS, the inadequate distribution of these services place
additional burdens on the governmental bodies in the four (4) County
area causing the expenditure of tax funds for patient transportation
and supervision in route, and
WHEREAS, the Mental Health Board No. 9, Inc. should dis-
charge its funding and service allocation responsibilities in such
a manner as to equitably distribute the services to all the residents
that provide tax dollars to operate the programs, and
WHEREAS, it appears that the per capita allocation of
State Funded Mental Health Treatment Beds is weighted in favor of
Palm Beach County to the detriment of the remaining four (4) Counties,
and
WHEREAS, it appears that the District Board has utilized
discretionary State funding for institutional care in FY '81-'82
in the amount of $4.57 per capita in Palm Beach County and only $1.99
per capita in the remaining four (4) Counties,* and
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WHEREAS, approximately $1,900,000 was spent in Palm Beach
County on deinstitutionalization programs with no corresponding
expenditure in the remaining four (4) Counties whatsoever,* and
WHEREAS, it appears that the District Board utilized State
funding for Mental Health and alcohol programs amounting to $10.60
per capita in Palm Beach County and only $6.54 per capita in the
remaining counties.*
[*Note: Data supplied by Reference to "Analysis of Mental
Health District Board Allocation and Plans Affecting the Four County
Psychiatric Inpatient Services" prepared by Indian River Community
Health Center Inc., December 14, 1981.1
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida that:
1. Mental Health Board No. 9, Inc. is requested to review
its funding and service allocation practices to assure that citizens
of Indian River County receive a fair, non-discriminatory share, and
2. Copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Board of
County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Okeechobee County, and
Martin County.
The foregoing Resolution is offered by Commissioner
Lyons who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded
by Commissioner Bird and upon being put to a vote, the
vote was as follows:
DON C. SCURLOCK, JR. Aye
A. GROVER FLETCHER Aye
PATRICK B. LYONS Aye
WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR. Aye
DICK BIRD Aye
The Chairman thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed
and adopted this 6th day of January , 1982.
APPROVED A4 TO FORM AND
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, BY ITS
BOARD OF COUNTY C014MISSIONERS
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Attest:
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