To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Approval of Agreement #78-063 with California Department of Public 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 Agreement #78-063 with the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) System Data Use and Disclosure Agreement with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) which governs a participant’s collection, use and disclosure of CalREDIE Data, for a period of three years after latest signature on the agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
Local health authorities must enter into a Data Use and Disclosure Agreement before CDPH will permit participation in the CalREDIE System. The CalREDIE System collects public health data from throughout the State. The data includes demographic, epidemiologic (clinical information, risk factor information and laboratory test results information) and administrative information on reportable diseases collected for the purpose of case investigation, disease prevention and surveillance. As a participant in the CalREDIE System, the Public Health Division will have access and can receive, use and disclose CalREDIE data to continuously improve the efficiency of its public health surveillance activities and enhance the county’s capacity for early detection of public health events.
Approval of Agreement #78-063 will allow the county to continue to report and receive data for a period of three years after the latest signature date on the agreement. This agreement includes agreeing to mutually indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any claims arising out of the performance of this agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the agreement is not approved, the Public Health Division will be unable to participate in the CalREDIE System, to receive, use or disclose CalREDIE data, which will impact health surveillance activities.