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Polk County court agrees to further study employee health clinic after committee report
Summary
Polk County commissioners voted to have staff and a committee return with a final plan to pursue an on-site employee health clinic to provide rapid primary care to employees and immediate family members; one commissioner recorded opposition.
Polk County commissioners on June 10 voted to ask staff and the committee that studied an employee health clinic to return with a final plan, including cost estimates and implementation details, for the court to review.
The clinic proposal, developed by a county-appointed committee and led in staff work by Tammy Plattenberg, Polk County social services director, would offer rapid-access primary care to county employees and eligible immediate family members, potentially include an on-site pharmacy and vaccinations, and be structured as a supplement to — not a replacement for — employees’ existing insurance.
Plattenberg told the court the committee identified two main delivery options: renovating a county-owned facility, with estimated renovation costs between $71,000 and…
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