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Union Community Care pitches school-based health center to Middletown Area SD board; no vote tonight
Summary
Union Community Care outlined a proposal for a school-based health center at the new Middletown campus, describing services, funding and privacy protections; board members raised security and scope concerns and the presentation was informational with no vote.
Union Community Care, presented to the Middletown Area SD board on an informational basis, outlined plans for a school-based health center at the district's new campus and described how the center would operate, be funded and protect student health records.
The center's CEO, Alyssa Jones, told the board the organization operates 26 brick-and-mortar sites and six school-based health centers across its region and serves "over 55,000 unique patients and over 200,000 visits per year." Jones said the school-based model provides primary care, behavioral health, vaccines and a proposed public-health dental hygiene operatory. "There is no cost to the school district," Jones said, describing a memorandum of understanding in which the center bills insurance and uses sliding fees for uninsured patients.
Board members asked how the center would handle parental consent and medical privacy; Jones said the center would…
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