ORDINANCE NO. 250785
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $83,850.00 grant amendment with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to conduct Perinatal Hepatitis B Case management and surveillance activities in Kansas City, Missouri; estimating and appropriating the sum of $83,850.00 in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date
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WHEREAS, Hepatitis B virus is a serious infectious illness of the liver transmitted through blood and body fluids, with perinatal infection serving as a major route of transmission; and
WHEREAS, infants infected with Hepatitis B have a 90% risk of developing chronic infection and a 25% lifetime risk of premature death, and the use of Hepatitis B Immune Globulin and timely completion of the vaccine series has been shown to be up to 95% effective in preventing infection in newborns; and
WHEREAS, this funding supports the Perinatal Hepatitis B Program, which identifies and provides case management to pregnant women infected with Hepatitis B to ensure newborns, household members, and close contacts receive timely immunizations and appropriate treatment; NOW THEREFORE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a one-year grant amendment between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting though its Director of Health (the "Director"), and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS"), whereby DHSS will provide additional funding to conduct Perinatal Hepatitis B Case management and surveillance activities in Kansas City, Missouri, for a period beginning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, for an amount not to exceed $83,850.00 is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the award, in substantial form, is on file with the Director.
Section 2. That revenue in the following account of the Health Grants Fund is hereby estimated in the following amount:
26-2480-500001-471980-G50542227 Perinatal Hepatitis B $83,850.00
Section 3. That the sum of $83,850.00 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Health Grants Fund in the following accounts:
26-2480-505422-A-G50542227 Perinatal Hepatitis B $80,255.00
26-2480-505422-B-G50542227 Perinatal Hepatitis B 1,895.00
26-2480-505422-C-G50542227 Perinatal Hepatitis B 1,700.00
TOTAL $83,850.00
Section 4. That the Director is hereby designated as requisitioning authority for Account No. 26-2480-505422-G50542227 and is authorized to expend the sum of $83,850.00 from funds previously appropriated to the accounts.
Section 5. That this ordinance is recognized as an ordinance with an accelerated effective date as provided by Section 503(a)(3)(C) of the City Charter in that it appropriates money and shall take effect in accordance with that section.
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I hereby certify that there is a balance, otherwise unencumbered, to the credit of the appropriation to which the foregoing expenditure is to be charged, and a cash balance, otherwise unencumbered, in the treasury, to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made, each sufficient to meet the obligation hereby incurred.
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William Choi
Interim Director of Finance
Approved as to form:
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Joseph A. Guarino
Senior Associate City Attorney