Number
180361
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
180348, 180196, 180235
Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ
Title
Substitute resolution relating to an agreement between the City of Milwaukee Health Department and the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center for the provision of culturally-competent dental services.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Health Department to:
1. Execute an agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Gerald L. Ignace Health Center for the assignment of a Public Health Service officer.
2. Submit to the Bemidji Area Office of the Indian Health Service a request for the detail of a Public Health Service-commissioned officer.
3. Execute a standard memorandum of agreement with the Bemidji Area Office of the Indian Health Service for the detail of the commissioned officer to the City of Milwaukee for ultimate assignment to the Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center for culturally-competent dental services.
Whereas, Pursuant to 42 USC 215, federal law authorizes the United States Public Health Service to detail a commissioned officer to a political subdivision of a state, including the City, upon request of the political subdivision; and
Whereas, The Bemidji Area Office of the Indian Health Service is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and provides service and support to 34 federally-recognized Tribes and four Urban Indian Health programs located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, relying in part on the use of Public Health Service commissioned officers; and
Whereas, The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center is located in the 12th Aldermanic District of the City of Milwaukee and provides medical, wellness, and social services to people of all tribes, races, and ethnicities, with an aim to serve the American Indian community’s needs through a medical clinic at the All Nations Wellness Center; and
Whereas, The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center desires to place a Public Health Servic...
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