City of Baltimore - File #: 10-0201R

• File #: 10-0201R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - How Best to Ensure a Continuum of Services to Baltimore's Elderly Citizens
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 4/19/2010
• In control: City Council
• Title: Informational Hearing - How Best to Ensure a Continuum of Services to Baltimore's Elderly Citizens FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director, Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE), the Commissioner of Health, the President, Baltimore Healthcare Access, Inc.( BHCA), and the Director of Finance to report to the City Council on the proposed merger of CARE with BHCA; the impact on the level, consistency, and quality of programs for and services to the elderly; and the fiscal implications to the City budget and to the receipt of federal and state funds by downsizing or dissolving CARE .
• Sponsors: Agnes Welch, Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, President Young, William H. Cole, IV
• Indexes: Elderly, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2010	0	Urban Affairs and Aging Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/22/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/22/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/22/2010	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/19/2010	0	City Council	Introduced
4/19/2010	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - How Best to Ensure a Continuum of Services to Baltimore's Elderly Citizens

FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director, Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE), the Commissioner of Health, the President, Baltimore Healthcare Access, Inc.( BHCA), and the Director of Finance to report to the City Council on the proposed merger of CARE with BHCA; the impact on the level, consistency, and quality of programs for and services to the elderly; and the fiscal implications to the City budget and to the receipt of federal and state funds by downsizing or dissolving CARE .
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The Transition Team Report, March 19, 2010 recommendations to increase efficiency and effectiveness includes: "Strongly consider the merger of the Commission on Aging, Retirement and Education (CARE) into Baltimore HealthCare Access, Inc. (BHCA), a quasi-public agency of the Baltimore Health Department. BHCA has received national recognition for its administration of the Medicaid program in the City and receives funding from nine major Baltimore foundations. Moving CARE programs and service to the Health Department/BHCA is expected to result in an immediate $400,000 - $500,000 savings in administrative costs."

BHCA's proposal to the Health and Human Services Transition Team states, in support of th...