To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Agreement #29-388-60 with the 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 Standard Agreement #29-388-60 (State #24-10274) with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay County an amount not to exceed $811,600 for the County Public Health HIV Surveillance Program to administer HIV surveillance activities, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in the receipt of funding from the CDPH in an amount not to exceed $811,600, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Grant is to administer the HIV Surveillance Program and to ensure the implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus surveillance activities. The County is responsible for planning, developing and implementing all aspects of HIV surveillance. This Grant Agreement with the State has been in place since 1994.
On October 8, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard Agreement #29-388-59 with the California Department of Public Health, for the County's AIDS Programs, including testing services, surveillance, case management, prevention education, outreach, social marketing, and services to women, for the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of this Standard Agreement #29-388-60 will establish and enhance active and passive HIV case surveillance for the County's HIV Surveillance Program through June 30, 2029. The Agreement includes County's promise to indemnify, defend, and hold the State harmless for all claims and losses arising out of the County's performance under the Agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, ...
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