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Home My WebLink AboutPHAB 02-04-25 Minutes MINUTES Public Health Advisory Board (PHAB) February 4, 2025 12:00 – 1:30pm Zoom Facilitator Rob Ross, MD, PHAB Chair Staff Coordinator Tom Kuhn, PHAB Coordinator Scribe Aimee Burroughs Next Meeting March 4, 2025 – Virtual Meeting Topic and Lead Gathering Introductions Approval of the December Minutes Ruth motion to approve; Sharity seconded; minutes approved Announcements and Updates  Any Public Comment? o No public  PHAB Member Announcements and Updates? o Sharity shared that February is pediatric oral health month o She went to DC for an Oral Health seminar in late 2024 and she would like to share the executive summary when it is shared o Rob shared that the psychiatry program at St Charles and OHSU might be resurrected o Lindsay Atagi shared that CO is able to receive new fund requests  Development Work Group - PHAB Member Seats for By-Laws update – Rob, Sarah, & Tom o New strategic planning documents o Want a more diverse and equitable board o Pausing new board appointments until formalizing recruitment process and board seats o Have to get changes approved by BOCC before we can move forward o In assigning seats, we want a broad coalition but also want to keep it small o See attached draft (current members assigned to seats) o Looked at the mission of the PHAB to assign seats o Ruth said they would like their affiliation with SUS be listed as well o Will vote on this at a later time after workgroup meets again o Lindsay shared that she thought a BH rep should be on there, but we reviewed the notes from the retreat which showed that we would just be visiting not a board seat o Colleen votes to approve the seats as is; but wants relevance of public safety more broadly named “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 2/19/25 o She also said we should have CBO general instead of specific o Also, mentioned we don’t have to be fully staffed to run as a board, which can be our decision as a board o Will be sending out the matrix and by-laws; review and vote on at next meeting  PHE 110 Class update – Sarah Baron o See link for SharePoint doc o https://cocc- my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/sbaron_cocc_edu/EbqXsyXOZBxLqeuVkhpMJB8B_O- kwEyjOwhqPg39_hrIbQ?e=TFFNdK o Ask: looking for volunteers to be interviewed by students in the PHE 110 class o Goal is to introduce PH to high school students o Exciting Anecdote: After field trip to the PH department last term, one of her students changed their major to PH  Legislative Update – Tom o Top 3 bills PH is advocating for; See document attached o Will be looking to this group in the future for advocacy help  Public Health Director update – Heather Kaisner o Wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the uncertainty right now in PH and BH, we are doing our best to support staff and community o We have not paused any programs or services; funding remains intact o Until directed otherwise, we are still operating as before o Specifically to PH there has been a lot going on, at this point no federal funding has changed o Meeting with OHA weekly to discuss changes, what we can expect o CDC has cancelled all meetings with States and paused most communication; but it is challenging o OR continues to put out state and local data o ¼ of PH funding, not including direct services, is federally funded o An evolving situation, we are continuing to support and serve our community the best we can o Ruth stated that he has been directed to not use the phrase “sanctuary state” and asked Heather her thinking on that  Heather stated that we are taking our direction from OHA; we are not required to report new or changed immigration status  Still bound by HIPA so that data is still protected  Against OR law for Public agencies to have any immigration officers participate in any of our services without a warrant staff has been educated on this o Logan concurred and are doing lots of training; ICE is only allowed in public areas, not allowed anything labeled ‘Private’; waiting rooms parking lots only place at COPA NOT private o Focusing heavily on vaccine education o Has a new training program on ICE and those practices if someone needs it  Asked about Gender Affirming care  Still a service they are providing  HIPPA regulation; prohibits the release of protected health information for prosecution o Ruth asked about students who have been cut off from their medication due to legislation change “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 2/19/25  Logan said that there is a good chance COPA could help and also Mosaic could help o Colleen stated that she had an afternoon of panic and reached out to local senators who were very receptive o Encouraged everyone to share the impact with their legislators; if you need contact info please reach out to Colleen  From Ari Powell:  The Health Council is going to host a panel discussion with Mosaic on the policies and procedures that they have put in place relate to the new immigration policies. We reached out to St Charles to request participation. @Logan Clausen It would be great to have COPA share your procedures for protecting your patients as well. It will be the 3rd week of February, date TBD based on participating agencies DCPH Community Partnerships Update Shana Falb, Community Partnerships & Engagement Analyst  See presentation  Working with CBOs and PH teams to forge direct connections so she is not the middleman Adjourn 1:27pm Present: Tom Kuhn Colleen Sinsky Leela Stuart Rob Ross Ari Powell Heather Kaisner Melissa Brewster Logan Clausen Sarah Baron Erin Fitzpatrick Lindsay Atagi Sharity Ludwig Ruth Vernotico Commissioner Phil Chang “To promote and protect the health and safety of our community.” Updated 2/19/25