House Community
Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #839 Primary Care Indigent Health Facility |
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Requester: |
Jane Sauls |
Organization: |
Chair, Leon county Board of Co. Commissioners |
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Project Title: |
Primary Care Indigent Health Facility |
Date Submitted: |
01/26/2000 2:06:38 PM |
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District Member: |
Alfred Lawson |
Service Area: |
Neighborhood/Community |
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Counties Affected: |
Leon |
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Recipient: |
Leon County Health department |
Contact: |
Art Cooper |
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301 South Monroe Street |
Contact Phone: |
(850) 487-3186 |
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Tallahassee 32301 |
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Project Description: |
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This project will acquire, renovate and furnish an existing building in the inner city of Tallahassee for 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 there. |
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Services Provided/Benefit to State: |
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Leon County and Tallahassee have been investigating and studying the needs and strategies to provide primary health care services to the uninsured in the commuinty. 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. |
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Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
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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, routine upper respiratory and gastrointestinal illness. Potential reduction in emergency room use non-emergency visits: Goal of $1,000,000 per year in cost savings. |
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Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,500,000 |
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Total cost of the project: |
$1,500,000 |
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Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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Is there Local Government or Private match for this request? |
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Yes |
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In-Kind Amount: |
$250,000 |
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Was this project previously funded by the State? |
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No |
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Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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Is there a documented need for this project? |
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Yes |
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Documentation: |
Care Net local health care project |
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Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Leon County Board of County Commissioners |
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Meeting Date: |
07/27/1999 |
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