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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 2, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND AGENCIES, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY ESTABLISHING THE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER BOARD OF COMMISSION CONSISTENT WITH 42 USCS SECTION 254 C (A) ET SEQ
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WHEREAS, the 2010 Census Bureau statistics indicate that 26% of persons living in Newark are living under the 200% poverty level; and
WHEREAS, the population has a high prevalence of asthma, diabetes and hypertension and low usage of primary care; and
WHEREAS, 28% of the population is uninsured, lack knowledge about and access to health care and social resources and are inappropriately utilizing emergency rooms for non-emergent care which is exacerbated by the lack of providers to manage chronic conditions after treatment of emergency episodes; and
WHEREAS, in 1998 the Department of Child and Family Well-Being was designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (330 h) ("FQHC") for its Homeless Health Care Project funding for services for the homeless; and
WHEREAS, in 2012, the Department of Child and Family Well-Being, through a New Access Point grant expanded the FQHC designation to cover the general population of the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Child and Family Well-Being is a public non-profit health care organizations that meet certain criteria under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs (respectively, Sections 1861(aa)(4) and 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act and receive funds under the Health Center Program (Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act); and
WHEREAS, as a FQHC for the general population as well as the homeless, the funding source, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) requires each center to establish...
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