HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-142Resolufion No. 7~+~ ~.4z
RESOLUTTON SUPPORTING AREAWIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES PLANNING PROJECT
WH~REAS, the people o#' Butte County must be ensured compre-
henszve emergency medical services of the ha.ghest quality, an.d
WH~REAS, the energency medical needs and resources of Butte
Coun~y must be assessed, and a comprehensive plan fbr the optimum
utilization of all avaa.l.able emergency medical serv~.ces resov.rces
must be developed and zmplemen~ed to ensur~ tY~e del~.very of necessary
and appropriate emergency medical services to the people of Butte
County, and
WHEREAS, the availabiJ.a.ty of emergency medical sexvices,
including hospital.-based emexgency depar~ments, ambulances, communi-
cations facilities and equipmen~ and hi.ghly skilled emergency meda.eal
care personnel depends, ~.n part~ upon cooperation wzth and suppor~ of
emergency medical services planning and development in adjoining
counties~ and
WHEREAS, the United S~ates Congress enac~ed Publ.ic Law
93-~5~+ in order to provide assistax~ce and encouragemen~ for the plan-
nzng and developmen~ of compr~hensive emergency medical services
sys~ems, and
WHEREAS, the Superior Californza Comprehensive Health P~an-
ning Association is wil~ing to prepare an application f'or public
funds for emergency medical services pl.annxng and development under
Section 1202 of Public Law 93-~5~- on behalf of Butte Coun~y and
others, to be submitted to the Department of Health, Education and
Welfare ? Washington, D.C., and ~
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WHE~iEAS, the public funds ~hat wottld be provided by the
Departmen't of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D. C. for
emergency medxcal services planning and development need not be
ma'tched by any local public funds.
NOW~ ~HEREF'ORE~ BE I~ RESOLVE- ~hat the County of Butte
does hereby express support of an emergency medical. services plan-
ning projeetl.eoordinated by ~he Superior California Comprehensive
Health Planning Association, pursuant to the provisions of Section
1202 of Pub~.7.c Law 93-15~+'• :
I'A$SED AND ADOP~ED.by the Board of Supervisors of' the
Coun.ty af Hutte, State of California, this 16th day of
october ' ~~97~~ by the fo7.lowing vote:
AT~EST:
CLARK A. N
ex-offic~.o
By ~
~S; Supervisars Cameron, Gilman, Ladd, McKillop and Ck~azrman Madigan
~s ~ None
~ENT : None
,' VOTINC~: None
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ACK MIiDTGADi~ Chai n of the
oard of Supervi.sors
, County Clerk and
k of the Board
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