Itasca County Health & Human Services Board Minutes
(Minutes Updated on July 31, 2008)

 

ITASCA COUNTY HEALTH &
HUMAN SERVICES (ICHHS) BOARD
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
May 27, 2008

Pursuant to adjournment, the Itasca County Health & Human Services (ICHHS) Board met on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in the Itasca County Board Room with the following members present:  Chairperson Lori Dowling (Dist. 1), Commissioner Catherine McLynn (Dist. 2), Commissioner Rusty Eichorn (Dist. 4), and Commissioner Mark Mandich (Dist. 5).   Absent:  Commissioner Karen Burthwick (Dist. 3)

Chairperson Lori Dowling called the meeting to order at 1:00 P.M.

Minutes of April 22, 2008:

Motion  by Commissioner Mandich, seconded by Commissioner McLynn to approve the April 22, 2008 minutes as written.  Ayes – Dist. #1, #2, #4 and #5.  Nays – None.  Absent – Dist. #3.   Motion carried.

Consent Agenda (CA):

Motion by  Commissioner McLynn, seconded by Commissioner Eichorn to approve the warrants in the amount of $1,246,270.65, and the rest of the Consent Agenda.  Ayes – Dist. #1, #2, #4, and #5.  Nays – None.  Absent – Dist. #3.  Motion carried.

Additions/Corrections to Agenda:

Motion by Commissioner Eichorn, seconded by Commissioner Mandich to add “out-of-home placement costs” update, under the F&CS Division Report given by Marian Barcus, and approve the rest of the Regular Agenda.  Ayes – Dist. #1, #2, #4, and #5.  Nays – None.  Absent – Dist. #3.  Motion carried.
1. Total payment of Warrants is $1,246,270.65; handout was disseminated showing breakout of expenditures.
2. Approve and accept the State of Minnesota, Department of Corrections Host County Joint Powers Agreement for the Residential Program between Thistledew Camp and Itasca County for fiscal year July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 (Ex. B.2)
3. Approve and accept the State of Minnesota, Department of Corrections Host County Joint Powers Agreement for the Chemical Dependency Treatment Program between Thistledew Camp and Itasca County for fiscal year July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (Ex. B 3)
4. Approve and accept the State of Minnesota, Department of Corrections Host County Joint Powers Agreement for Wilderness Endeavors Program between Thistledew Camp and Itasca County for fiscal year July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (Ex. B 4)
5. Approve and accept the Addendum to the Purchase of Service Agreement for Supported Living Services, between ICHHS and Orion Corporation of Minnesota, Inc. (currently in place) January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.  (Ex. B 5)
6. Approve and accept the Group Residential Housing Rate Agreement between ICHHS and Ella Zidarich, 2220 Fraser St, Grand Rapids, MN.  (Ex. B 6)
7. Accept and acknowledge receipt of the minutes of the January 16, 2008 IMCare Task Force             Minutes. (Ex. B 7).
8. Approve and accept the addition to the contract between ICHHS and North Homes, Inc. for outpatient mental health services, reimbursed at the MN rate or County rate, to include:  psychological evaluation-$86.94/hour; parental capacity evaluation-$110/hour; psychosexual assessment-$150/hour, effective June 1, 2008.
9.  Approve and accept the Personal Services Contract between ICHHS and Lois McCarron, Contractor, for the period January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. (Ex. B 9)
10. Accept the April 15, 2008 Elder Circle Aging Network Meeting. (Ex. B 10)
11. Approve and accept the increase in maximum expenditure for drug screening, from $15,000 to $22,500, in the contract between ICHHS and Northern Drug Screening, for 2008. 
12. Approve and accept North Homes, Inc. licensed foster home for waiver services, effective June 1, 2008.  The waiver payment will be determined by long term care assessment for individual youth.

 

REPORTS:

Acknowledge receipt of, and accept the May 8, 2008 Health & Human Services Advisory Committee (HHSAC) Minutes:  Peter Lotti, District #4, provided an overview of the May 8, 2008 ICHHS Advisory Committee Meeting.   Motion by Commissioner Mandich, seconded by Commissioner Eichorn to acknowledge receipt of the May 8, 2008 HHSAC minutes, make the change in the May 8th HHSAC minutes reflecting that a quorum was not present, and bring the May 8, 2008 minutes back to the HHSAC September 2008 meeting for approval, (with this change). 

Ayes – Dist. #1, #2, #4, and #5.  Nays – None.  Absent – Dist. #3.  Motion carried.

ICHHS DIVISION REPORTS:

Eric Villeneuve, Business-Fiscal Division:

Annual Child Support Update:

Anne Bradley, Child Support Officer, provided a comparison overview of the Federal Fiscal Year 2007 Minnesota Performance Measures, with the Itasca County Performance Measures.  In Federal Fiscal Year 2007, Itasca County exceeded the state average in 5 of the 7 Performance Measures.  Itasca County was exactly on average in one of the Performance Measures, and was below average in only one of the Performance Measures. 

Brett Skyles, CBP (IMCare) Division:

IMCare Quality Plan:

Brett Skyles provided an update of the 2008 Annual Work Plan, the 2008 Quality improvement Program Description, and 2007 Annual Program Evaluation, for IMCare.

Sue  Erzar, Public Health Division:

Mental Health Awareness Month-Holly Downing:

Holly apprised the board that May is Mental Health Awareness month.  Events were held throughout the month of May, focusing on mental health awareness.  In 2007, there were 497 deaths attributed to suicide.  Additional mental health information can be found on the new local website, which is:  www.nami.org/sites/NAMIGrandRapidsArea. 

Marian Barcus, F&CS Division:

Out-of-Home Placement Costs Update:

Marian updated the board on the increased costs for out-of-home placement.  Majority of the increase costs were/are attributed to catch-up funding, and some revenue still coming in.  Marion also provided a comparison as to where costs are at now, VS. 2007 costs.

Minnesota Intensive Treatment Homes (MITH):

Marian reported that ICHHS is working on MITH and is hoping to save over 25% in residential treatment costs.  MITH is a system of homes (foster care licensed), who are specializing in high need/very challenging youth, with behavioral acting out issues.  Marian will continue to keep the board informed on the outcome of MITH, at future ICHHS meetings.

Director:  Lester L. Kachinske:

Legislative Update:

Lester reviewed the MACSSA Legislative Update with the board.  Among the key provisions of the update were:  Income Supports; State and County Infrastructure; Health Care and Continuing Care;  Omnibus Tax Bill; Health Reform;  County Based Purchasing;  DHS Health and Human Services Policy Bill; and the DHS MFIP/Child Care Bill.

Itasca County HealthCare Network Update:

Lois McCarron, Personal Services Contractor, provided some history on Itasca County HealthCare Network, updating the board on the grant activities of the past five years, and the future activities entailing kiosks, patient portals and websites.

Mental Health Survey Evaluation:

Lester stated that the Mental Health Survey Evaluation, is an annual survey which is mailed to randomly selected clients of the public mental health system.  He was pleased to see that  Minnesota is a leader, in terms of mental health provider services. 

Commissioner Concerns:

There were no commissioner concerns.

Adjournment:

There being no further business to come before the ICHHS board, Chairperson Dowling adjourned the meeting at  2:05 pm.

Attest

 

 

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Lori Dowling, Chairperson
Itasca Co. Health & Human Services Board

 

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Rusty Eichhorn, Vice-Chairperson
Itasca Co. Health & Human Services Board