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William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director
FROM:
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator - 'i `9 Contra
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DATE: July 18, 2001 cosrq'cd'uN County
SUBJECT: Approval of Standard Agreement #29-395-17 with the State Department of Health
Services, Office of AIDS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Wendel Brunner,
M.D. ) , to execute on behalf of the County, Standard Agreement #29-395-17 with the
State Department of Health Services, Office of AIDS, for the period from July 1, 2001
through June 30, 2002, in an amount not to exceed $6, 986 for the County' s AIDS Drug
Assistance Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in an allocation of $6, 986 from the State for
County's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) , for the period from July 1, 2001 through
June 30, 2002 .
The allocation will be used to cover the cost of certain drugs, plus dispensing fees,
for eligible low income persons with AIDS and/or AIDS related complexes. These funds
may not be used to cover patient monitoring, laboratory testing, or other medical
services for persons receiving any of the drugs. The County may make provisions for
co-payment by patients, commensurate with the patient' s ability to pay.
BACKGOUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S) :
On July 25, 2000, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard Agreement #29-395-16 with
the State Office of AIDS, to cover the cost of certain drugs which have been included
in the AIDS Drug Program by the State and determined by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to prolong the life of a person with AIDS, for eligible low income
persons who are infected with HIV and/or persons with AIDS and related complexes who
meet certain criteria.
Approval of this Standard Agreement #29-395-17 provides funding for County's AIDS Drug
Program, based upon actual and projected drug expenditures by the Department, through
June 30, 2002 .
Four certified and sealed copies of the Board Order should be returned to the
Contracts and Grants Unit for distribution to the State Department of Health Services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: AS SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
� APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
7� UNANIMOUS (ABSENT/(Ua/0) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED (�U6 A I AL4 / On v
JOHN SWEET)N,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:
CC: State Dept of Health Services
Health Services Dept (Contracts) BY ��' _ DEPUTY