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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08072001 - C.64 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORSA04 s FROM: William Walker, Health Services Director = Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator -' :;.�y' Contra Costa DATE: July 18, 2001 •. °as Count Tq cOiiN'� Y SUBJECT: Approve Standard Agreement #29-391-9 with the State Department of Health Services for the AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Program SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his Designee (Wendel Brunner) , to execute on behalf of the County, Standard Agreement #29-391-9 (State #00-91531) with the State Department of Health Services (Office of AIDS) , in an amount, not to exceed $13,209 per year, for the period of January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2003, for the AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Program. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The maximum amount payable per eligible client served under this agreement shall not exceed $13,209 per year. Payment is provided for specific services at established Medi-Cal rates. The total funded amount will be determined by the number of "slots" awarded and services provided. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND: The Department's Public Health Division AIDS Program staff is experienced in providing case management services for people with HIV Disease. The AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Program goals are to lessen the financial cost of care which, for people with AIDS and ARC, are historically driven by hospitalizations and other institution- based care, and to provide the most humane and appropriate levels of care in the most appropriate setting for the client. Participation in the program allows the Department's AIDS Program to offer case managed home and community-based care to a greater number of clients in the County. Approval of this Standard Agreement with the State will allow the Public Health Division to continue to provide direct home health care services to AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Program clients through December 31, 2003. Three certified/sealed copies of this Board Order should be returned tb the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the State. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT• Y�S SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _jCAPPROV E _OTHER t SIGNATURES): : ACTION OF BOARD O APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 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 �v v JOHN SWEE N,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact Person: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) CC: Health Services (Contracts) State Dept. of Health Services BY i V DEPUTY