January 17, 2013 - Agenda

Complete Agenda and Report Package

Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
399 Ridout Street North
Side entrance (recessed door)
Board of Health Boardroom 

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes

Schedule of Appointments

7:25 - 7:40 p.m. Mr. Chirag Shah, Partner, and Mr. Scott Gilfillan, Senior Manager of the Audit and Assurance Group for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Item #2 - Report No. 002-13 re “Shared Services Review - Proposal”
7:40 - 7:55 p.m. Mr. Ross Graham, Manager, Special Projects, Item #3 - Report No. 003-13 re “Board of Health Code of Conduct: Second Draft”
7:55 - 8:10 p.m. Mr. Ross Graham, Manager, Special Projects, Item #4 - Report No. 008-13 re “Annual Performance Report on the Strategic Directions”

Reports

Other Business

Next proposed scheduled Board of Health Meeting – 7:00 p.m. - February date to be determined

Correspondence Received 

a) Dated 2012 November 29 (Received 2012 December 17) A copy of correspondence from Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, Medical Officer of Health, Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, to The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, advising that the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Board of Health passed the following resolutions:

WHEREAS oral health has been linked to overall health and the ability to get and maintain a job and live a confident, fulfilled life; and

WHEREAS OHIP pays to treat infection in every part of the body except the mouth and one in four Ontarians do not visit a dentist because of cost; and

WHEREAS those most likely to report poorer oral health and barriers to accessing care include lower income earners, the uninsured, older adults and those with lower educations; and

WHEREAS working adults and seniors on fixed incomes do not have a government program to assist them with any dental care expenses; and

WHEREAS there are four provincial dental programs for children 0-17, and Healthy Smiles Ontario, the preventive and early dental treatment program, is underutilized provincially due to the low income cut off; and

WHEREAS local Ontario Works (OW) recipients are eligible for limited discretionary coverage mostly to get them out of pain, and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients are eligible for basic dental care and limited discretionary coverage for dentures; and

WHEREAS a recently invoked capping of funding for both non-health related and health related discretionary benefits decreases the amounts of funds available to assist individuals and families and places increased financial pressure on Municipalities; and

WHEREAS a number of recent provincial reports and initiatives have indicated the urgent need to move forward to transform the current oral care health system;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit Board of Health call on the provincial government to streamline children’s dental treatment programs to make them more efficient, effective and equitable as recommended in Oral Health – More Than Just Cavities. A Report by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, April 2012; and

Strongly endorse the need for provincial and municipal governments to enact recommendations made in the Brighter Prospects: Transforming Social Assistance in Ontario report, (#47 and #48) which recommend extending health related benefits like dental to all low income Ontarians (those on and off social assistance) and making these benefits consistent across the province

AND FURTHER THAT copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Local Members of Provincial Parliament, Member Municipalities, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies and all Boards of Health of Ontario.

b) Dated 2012 December 7 (Received 2012 December 7) Correspondence from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Corporate Management Branch, to Dr. Bryna Warshawsky, Acting Medical Officer of Health & CEO, advising that Board of Health member, Ms. Viola Poletes Montgomery has been reappointed to the Middlesex-London Board of Health for a period of one year, commencing on March 1, 2013 to and including February 28, 2014.

c) Dated 2012 December 11 (Received 2012 December 18) Correspondence from the Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, to Dr. Bryna Warshawsky, Secretary-Treasurer, thanking the Board for its letter of November 22, 2012, supporting a provincial nutrition strategy.

d) Dated 2012 December 19 (Received 2012 December 31) Correspondence from The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, to Ms. Viola Poletes Montgomery, Board Chair, advising that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will provide one-time funding up to $50,000 for the 2012-2013 funding year to support the Healthy Communities Fund Partnership Stream.

e) Dated 2012 December 21 (Received 2012 December 31) Correspondence from The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, to Ms. Viola Poletes Montgomery, Board Chair, advising that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will provide up to $1,009,300 in annual based funding beginning 2012 to support the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy.

f) Dated 2012 December 21 (Received 2012 December 31) Correspondence from The Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, to Ms. Viola Poletes Montgomery, Board Chair, advising that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care will provide up to $100,300 over two years, effective for the 2012-13 to 2013-14 funding years, to support the workplace-based cessation demonstration project and advance the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy.

Copies of all correspondence are available for perusal from the Secretary-Treasurer.