House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1455

Primary Care Indigent Health Facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Jane Sauls

Organization:

Board of County Commissioners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Primary Care Indigent Health Facility

Date Submitted:

01/26/2000 5:20:39 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Marjorie Turnbull

Service Area:

Neighborhood/Community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Leon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Leon County Health Department

Contact:

Art Cooper

 

301 S Monroe ST

Contact Phone:

(850) 487-3186

 

 

Tallahassee 32301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project will acquire, renovate and furnish an existing building in the inner city of Tallahassee for a primary health care clinic that will be operated by the Leon County government as a community based health center. A community non-profit clinic will staff the center and Leon County Health Department staff will provide ancillary services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Leon County and Tallahassee have been investigating and studying the needs and strategies to provide primary health care services to the uninsured in the community. A Community Task Force and then an advisory panel have developed the plan and funding for staff and operation is in place. As many as 10,000 individuals per year will be able to receive primary health care at this new site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

The number of patients receiving care at this site will be reported with a goal of 10,000 per year. Anticipate serving patients with diabetes, heart and cancer patients, routine upper respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses. Potential reduction in emergency room use for non-emergency visits. Goal of $1,000,000 per year in cost savings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$1,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$1,500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Care Net local health care project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Leon County Board of County Commissioners

 

Meeting Date:

07/27/1999