ORDINANCE NO. 260520
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
Accepting and approving a one-year $130,699.60 grant amendment with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to coordinate services for children and youth with special health care needs; estimating and appropriating the sum of $130,699.60 in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, this funding provides service coordination for children and youth from birth to age twenty-one residing in Jackson, Cass, Clay, Platte, and Ray Counties who are at increased risk of chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who require more extensive health-related services than typically needed: and
WHEREAS, the Program acts as a payer of last resort by assisting medically eligible children and youth whose families also meet financial eligibility guidelines, and supports early identification, timely referral, and coordination of diagnostic and treatment services to promote healthy growth and development; 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 for the City's Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs program in the Kansas City, Missouri area, for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, for an amount not to exceed $130,699.60 is hereby accepted and approved. A copy of the contract, 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:
27-2480-500001-472880-G50542628B Children with Special Health $130,699.60
Section 3. That the sum of $130,699.60 is hereby appropriated from the Unappropr...
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