HomeMy Public PortalAbout1985_05_22_R073The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
PRESENTED May 22, 1985
85-73 ADOPTED May 22, 1985
SUPPORTING PREVENTION OF INFANT DEATHS BY PROMOTING AVAILABILITY
OF APNEA MONITORS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED
WHEREAS, a number of N~.hern Virginia infants are at risk of death because
of life-threatening conditions such as apnea (suspension of respiration) or the
presence of predisposing factors associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;
and
WHEREAS, equipment, called apnea monitors, can be used to prevent some of
these deaths by alerting parents to irregularities in breathing or heart rate in
time for intervention; and
WHEREAS, the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission has requested
assistance from the Leesburg Town Council in addressing the difficulties that
some Northern Virginia families appear to have in identifying apnea resources in
the community and in finding ways to finance apnea monitor rental; and
WHEREAS, it has been found that, in Virginia, apnea monitor rental is not
an expense eligible for Medicaid reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, it has also been found that within the Northern Virginia region
there is considerable variation among jurisdictions in the availability of
programs that loan apnea monitors for free to those in need, and in the availa-
bility of other supportive services to families who need apnea monitors; and
WHEREAS, the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission has transmitted
a letter to the Secretary of Human Resources concerning the future possibility
of including apnea monitor rental as an eligible Medicaid service:
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THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. The aforementioned letter from the N~thern Virginia Planning
District Commission to the Secretary of Human Resources has the full support of
the Leesburg Town Council, as does any program which will make apnea monitors
available to any family which is in need of same.
SECTION II. The manager is hereby directed to transmit copies of this
resolution to the Secretary of Human Resources, the Northern Virginia Planning
District Commission and the Loudoun Memorial Hospital.
PASSED this 22nd day of May
ATTE ST:
Clerk of C~cil
, 1985.
Robert E. Sevi~a, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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