03-C Health Bd Min 2-28-06
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
PARIS-LAMAR COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
The, Paris-Lamar County Board of Health held its regular meeting, Tuesday February 28, 2006,
at the Paris-Lamar County Health Department. Board members in attendance include Dr.
Robert Moseley, Mr. Ted Gibson, Dr. Wally Kraft, and Mr. Larry Reaves. Others in attendance
included Mr. Anthony Bethel, Ms. Martha Jo Anderson, Dr. Jon Plummer and Mrs. Carla
Rhodes.
The meeting was called to order at 6:40 PM.
Minutes of previous meeting was approved with motion by Mr. Reaves and second by Dr.
Moseley.
Mr. Bethel presented th~ blue prints of the present Police Station remodeled for the Health
Department. He said that it will cost $60.00 a square foot and Dr. Strom had discussed getting a
grant from the McCuistion Foundation. The City would need to sell the building to the Health
Department.
Mr. Gibson suggested that the City could donate the building to the McCuistion Foundation and
the Health Department could lease the building from the McCuistion Foundation. The
McCuistion Foundation might be more willing to provide the funds for remodeling.
Mr. Bethel agreed to take the plans and talk to Dr. Strom about writing the grant to the
McCuistion Foundation.
Mr. Bethel discussed audit of Water Lab. Under new guidelines Pauline McDonald had been
Grandfather in to do water testing but since she has resigned, the next person doing water
testing needs a Bio-Chemistry degree or a Micro-Biology degree. He states that the job has been
posted but no one with the degrees required will apply for the salary offered for the position.
His degree will qualify him to sign off on the water testing.
Ms. Martha Jo Anderson requested to postpone discussing new patient load increasing, when
the medical doctors on the board are present at the board meeting, so they can help her.
Ms. Martha Jo Anderson discussed pharmaceutical companies no longer giving patients free
medicine and she has approximately 20 patients getting free insulin.
Mr. Reaves discussed getting funding for medicines through section 10-1 r.
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Mr. Bethel states Health Department needs an interpreter, we are presently using a volunteer an
interpreter.
Motion made by Dr. Moseley and second by Mr. Reaves to hire an interpreter for six hours per
week. Vote passed unanimously.
Ms. Martha Jo Anderson states since she is seeing so many new patients that she doesn't want
to see City employees since they have insurance.
Dr. Kraft states City employees should still be able to get immunizations but see a Physician
and pay co-pay.
Mr. Bethel states we are serving a lot of patients from Fannin County and need to only serve
Lamar County.
Dr. Kraft states he will pall Bonham Health Department, to ask what they are charging patients.
Ms. Martha Jo Anderson states title V requires us to serve prenatal patients in any county.
Dr. Kraft states Board will hold item #5 "Discussion of and action on number of new patients"
And item #8 "Discussion of referrals for mental health, Medicaid, medicine and county indigent
patients," until nest board meeting.
Next Board Meeting will be Tuesday, March 21 2006, at 12 noon at Paris Regional Medical
Center. Mr. Reaves will get a room for meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 7:15 PM.
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Respectfully, submitted
By Carla Rhodes
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