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Home My WebLink AboutAPR 26 2017 MINUTES Deschutes County Health Services Public Health Advisory Board MINUTES MINUTES April 26, 2017 12:00 – 1:30pm Stan Owen, DCHS Building 2577 NE Courtney Drive, Bend Facilitator Kate Wells, Chair Staff Coordinator Tom Kuhn, Community Health Manager Scribe Lisa Michael Next Meeting May 24, 2017, Health Services – Stan Owen Topic and Lead Introductions & Approval of March Meeting Minutes Robert motioned to approve the minutes, with a second by Jim. The Board unanimously approved. Brief Announcements & Unfinished Business Tom announced there was a media release about the Health Heroes, while Rebeckah mentioned that it was in the Cascade Business News. Tom also noted there will be a business th meeting follow-up on May 10 with the BOCC to approve the revisions to the Bylaws and also to recognize the Health Heroes winners. Rick and Kim will be able to attend, but unfortunately, Rebeckah had to decline due to other obligations. This meeting is open to the public if any members would like to attend. Markian may be there to write a story for the Bulletin. Tami Pike from the Bend La Pine School District is interested in attending a regular session PHAB meeting before deciding whether or not she would like to become a member. Hillary and Tom will be meeting with Susan Keys who may be interested in coming back as a board member. Chuck announced that he attended a Shared Future Coalition meeting with Jessica Jacks to focus on the use of Marijuana by youth and its associated risks and hazards. The Coalition is working on a list of goals and purposes for their next meeting and will design a logic table and assessment report. They have also created a public relations promotion campaign called Connect. The in-house publication at St. Charles Medical Center called The Pulse ran a lengthy article in November about the use of Marijuana. The Board also briefly discussed the Marijuana right to farm laws and the law enforcement aspect of SB 302 and 303. rd Heather announced that an AFIX project dinner event will be held on May 23. The main topic of discussion will be Polio. Tom will send out an evite for anyone who is interesting in attending. “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20 CMS is asking 30 different communities to participate in a research study regarding 5 areas of social and health related needs amongst Medicare/Medicaid patients: housing, utilities, food, transportation and domestic violence. Deschutes County was selected to participate. Solar Eclipse Planning Ashley Volz, Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Coordinator, spoke to the Board about the upcoming solar eclipse event and the influx of people arriving here to see it. The Sheriff’s Office is working with dozens of area partners to prepare for more than 400,000 visitors, many from other countries, who will be staying in local hotels, campgrounds, private homes and even camping in private farm fields all over Oregon from approximately August 16th through August rd 23. The eclipse will first hit the Oregon Coast north of Newport, then travel through to Madras where full totality can be viewed for over 2 minutes before passing across the U.S. (Ashley had a map available of its course). There will be increased demands on transportation and emergency services, while area businesses will also experience commodity shortages. Other infrastructure challenges include higher demands for water, sewer and cell service. The media has been warning local area residents to stock up on commodities at least a week in advance and not to travel anywhere during the event if possible, as commute times could take hours. Ashley said they have been working on preparations since February and will be going live with a daily blog of important information for the public closer to August. Central Oregon MACC objectives include establishing common operating procedures, establishing and maintaining interoperable communications with the region, ensuring streamlined coordination with tri-county partners, and ensuring effective public information throughout the event. Deschutes County will be setting up a multi-agency coordination center at the fairgrounds. Legislative Updates Tom gave a presentation on the latest legislative updates as of the end of April. Morgan Cowling, who is a CHLO board member, has been providing Tom with these updates and noted that overall the PH bills have been conservative and cautious. HB 2518 – Naloxone Requires pharmacies to report de-identified information to the prescription monitoring program upon dispensing prescribed Naloxone. This bill passed with amendments and was referred to st the Way and Means Committee on April 21. Jim said the amendments included sharing patient phone number and payment method and that all prescribers must enroll in the monitoring program now. HB 2310 – PH Modernization By a vote of 9-0, the House Health Care Committee adopted the -1 and -3 amendments to HB 2310 with a $49 million fiscal budget and then sent the bill to the Joint Committee on Way and Means. SB 235 – Tobacco Retail Licensure This bill started out as a robust statewide tobacco retail licensing program. Since then, the Senate could not agree on the finer details and heard from both the tobacco industry and prevention advocates that SB 998 (even with amendments to weaken the bill) was not worth passing. Therefore, SB 235 was stripped apart and an amendment for an exception to the Indoor Clean Air Act defining enclosed areas was adopted and the bill was moved to the Senate Rules Committee. “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20 SB 234 – CCO Bill OHA automatic contract renewal for the next 5 years unless the CCO fails to meet 1 of the 3 criteria. Passed the Senate and moving to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Kate said that PacificSource has not taken a position on this. SB 754 – Tobacco 21 Creates offense of selling tobacco products or inhalant delivery systems to persons under the age of 21. Passed the Senate and a public hearing was held on April 24 in the House Health Care Committee. Not aware of the current state of this bill at this time. HB 3230 – Safe Routes to School Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to Dept. of Transportation for deposit into the Safe Routes to Schools Fund for grant awards under the Safe Routes to Schools Program. Passed the house and moving to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Federal funding and possible $20 million State Hwy funding if it passes. HB 2919 – Assisted Living Facilities Requires certain residential facility accommodations for persons 55 and older to notify the OHA prior to providing food services for its residents. Requires the OHA to adopt rules establishing a foodborne illness prevention program for these facilities and makes them subject to health th inspections for preventing such illness. Passed through the house (55-2) on April 10 and referred to the Senate Business and Transportation Committee. PHAB Retreat discussion The Board briefly touched on when to have their annual offsite meeting and it was agreed that October would be the best month. The meeting place will be determined at a later date. Rebeckah suggested we discuss each member’s background and their passion for public health and where PHAB is going at this meeting. Action Items:  PHAB retreat  Invite PHAB to AFIX event  PHAB Marijuana Committee update Adjourn 1:27 p.m. Board Members Present: Kate Wells, Jim Powell, Keith Winsor, Charles Frazier, Charla DeHate, Robert Ross, Rebeckah Berry Staff Members Present: Tom Kuhn, Hillary Saraceno, Pamela Ferguson, and Lisa Michael Guest Speaker: Ashley Volz, Deschutes County Emergency Services Coordinator Guests: Heather Kaisner (staff), Mary Goodwin (staff) BOCC – Board of County Commissioners PHAB – Public Health Advisory Board SB – Senate Bill AFIX – Assessment/Feedback/Incentives/eXchange CMS – Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services MACC – Multi-agency Coordination Center CLHO – Coalition of Local Health Officials PH – Public Health HB – House Bill CCO – Coordinated Care Organization OHA – Oregon Health Authority “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 8/4/20