To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #22-806-39 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #22-806-39 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health), a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $3,547,632, to provide consulting and technical assistance on community health promotion for the Health Services Department’s Health Emergency Unit and Health Services Emergency Medical Service Unit, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $3,547,632 and will be funded 100% by State Medi-Cal fund. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing organization services for the Public Health’s Health Emergency Unit and Health Services Emergency Medical Service Unit. Services provided by this contract also include leadership and public health advocacy training. This contractor has been providing consulting and technical assistance services to county under this contract since April 2001. This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000; Health and Safety Code § 1451. The Public Health’s Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the contract are upheld. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3, this contractor has been approved by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division on June 25, 2024.
On July 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #22-806-37 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health) in an amount not to exceed $3,238,639 to provide consulting and technical assistance on community health promotion for Public Health’s Health Emergency Unit and Health Services Emergency Medical Service Unit for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
On February 6, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #22-806-38, effective February 1, 2024, to increase the payment limit by $246,203 to a new payment limit not to exceed $3,484,842, to provide additional administrative, technical and medical services for County’s Public Health Division with no change in the term.
Approval of Contract #22-806-39 will allow the contractor to continue to provide consulting and technical assistance services through June 30, 2025. This contract includes services provided by represented classifications and the County has met its obligations with the respective labor partner(s).
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County residents who depend on services from Public Health Emergency Unit and Health Services Emergency Medical Service Unit may not receive the services they need.