City of Newark - File #: 18-0310

• File #: 18-0310
• Version: 1
• Name: Ordinance: Amendment to the FQHC Board of Commission
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/2/2018
• In control: Health and Community Wellness
• On agenda: 3/13/2018
• Final action: 4/10/2018
• Title: 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 CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER BOARD OF COMMISSION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW. Deferred 6PSF-a 040418
• Sponsors: Mildred C. Crump, John Sharpe James

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/10/2018	1	Municipal Council	Close on Public Hearing and Adopt	Pass
4/4/2018	1	Municipal Council	Maintained on Public Hearing and Deferred to Special Meeting	Pass
3/27/2018	1	Municipal Council	Adopt on First Reading	Pass
3/21/2018	1	Municipal Council	No Action Taken
3/13/2018	1	Municipal Council	Advance to First Reading	Pass

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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 CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER BOARD OF COMMISSION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW.
Deferred 6PSF-a 040418
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WHEREAS, in 1998, the City of Newark's (hereinafter, "City") Department of Child and Family Well-Being (hereinafter, "DCFW") now known as the Department of Health and Community Wellness and hereinafter referred to as "DHCW", administered a Homeless Health Care Project that provided services for the homeless that was designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center because it received "Section 330" grants; and

WHEREAS, "Section 330" grants are Federal grants authorized by the Public Health Service Act (the "Act"), 42 U.S.C. ?254b; and

WHEREAS, in 2012, through a New Access Point grant, the DCFW (now known as the DHCW) expanded its Homeless Health Care Project's services to the general population of the City of Newark and this expansion gave FQHC designation to the entire DCFW; and

WHEREAS, the Act requires all health centers receiving Section 330 grants to establish a Governing Board, 42 U.S.C. ?254b(k)(3)(H); and

WHEREAS, after the City renamed the DCFW as the DHCW, the DHCW's medical facility was named the Mary Eliza Mahoney Health Center; and

WHEREAS, the DHCW is a public non-profit healthcare organization that meets certain criteria under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. ? 1396d and 42 U.S.C.A. ? 1395x, and receives Section 330 grants authorized by the Public Health Service Act ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. ?254b; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to and consistent with the Act, as well as 42 C.F.R. ? 51c.304, Newark Ordinance 2:2-38 (the "Ordinance") established Newark's FQHC Board of Commission (the "Board"). The Board's objective is to...