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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09212010 - C.30RECOMMENDATION(S): Introduce Ordinance No. 2010-13 amending Section 33-5.313 of the County Ordinance Code to: Retitle the classification of Health Services Systems Director-Exempt to Health Services Information Technology Director-Exempt; Retitle the class of Assistant Health Services Systems Director-Application Software-Exempt to Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Project Management-Exempt; and Exempt from the Merit System the classifications of Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Application Development-Exempt; Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Customer Support-Exempt; Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Infrastructure-Exempt, and Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Information Security-Exempt in the Health Services Department, waive reading and fix September 28, 2010 for adoption. APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 09/21/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: O.Parra, Human Resources (925) 335-1724 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: September 21, 2010 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: EMY L. SHARP, Deputy cc: Health Services, Human Resources, Human Resources C.30 To:Board of Supervisors From:Ted Cwiek, Human Resources Director Date:September 21, 2010 Contra Costa County Subject:Introduce Ordinance No. 2010-13 to Retitle (2) Exempt Classifications and add (4) Exempt Classes Asst. HS IT Systems Directors FISCAL IMPACT: There is no cost associated with the retitlement of Health Services Systems Director-Exempt and the Assistant Health Services Systems Director-Application Software-Exempt classifications or exempting the four new director classifications from the merit system. BACKGROUND: Health Services requested the retitlement and establishment of new information technology classifications in order to comply with the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. Provisions under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, are making available Federal and State funding to health care organizations, and hospitals that provide services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to accelerate the adoption and use of "certified electronic health record technology" replacing paper medical records by 2014. (H.R. 1, 111th Cong. §§ 4001-4201 (2009). The four (4) new Assistant Health Services Information Systems Directors will be responsible for setting highly critical policies and procedures for the management and protection of information technology; security of the department’s integrated health computer application systems, including medical information; and the reliance of other Department multiple divisions on the information technology and it’s managerial personnel expertise to manage, secure and protect all computerized systems and data, including medical/clinical systems, and billing system. All systems and databases include confidential patient medical information utilized in the delivery of patient care services and general operational functions for the entire department. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If the recommendation is not accepted a hearing will not take place and these classifications will not be properly reflected in the County Ordinance Code and the County may not be in compliance with the Merit System. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: None. ATTACHMENTS Ordinance 2010-13 (Health Services) -1- ORDINANCE NO. 2010-13 ORDINANCE NO. 2010-13 (Retitle the class of Health Services Systems Director to Health Services Information Technology Director-Exempt; Retitle the class of Assistant Health Services Systems Director-Application Software to Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Project Management-Exempt; and Exclude from the Merit System the new classes of Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Application Development- Exempt, Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director- Customer Support-Exempt, Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Infrastructure-Exempt, and Assistant Health Services Information Technology Director-Information Security-Exempt) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code): SECTION I: Section 33-5.313 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to exclude from the merit system the classifications of Contra Costa Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer-Exempt, Chief Medical Officer-Exempt, Ambulatory Care Chief Executive Officer-Exempt, and Chief Quality Officer-Exempt, to read: 33-5.313. Health-medical. (a) The director of health services is excluded and is appointed by the board. (b) The county health officer (Health and Safety Code Section 454) is excluded and is appointed by the board. (c) The county physician (Health and Safety Code Section 1441) is excluded and is appointed by the board. (d) The county (local) director of mental health services (Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5607, 9 Cal. Admin. Code Sections 620, 621 [Dir. of Local Mental Health Services] is excluded and is appointed by the board. (e) The assistant to the health services director-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (f) The assistant directors of health services are excluded and are appointed by the director of health services. -2- ORDINANCE NO. 2010-13 (g) Physicians and dentists serving the county (except those in the classifications of assistant health officer, and chief of community health services) are excluded and are appointed by the director of health services. (h) The health services administrative officer is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (i) The medical director is excluded and is appointed by the board upon the recommendation of the director of health services and the county administrator. (j) The director of marketing, member services, and public relations-Contra Costa Health Plan is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (k) The Contra Costa Regional Medical Center chief executive officer-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (l) The health services personnel officer-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (m) The alcohol and other drug services director-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (n) The chief medical officer-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (o) The mental health medical director-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (p) The executive assistant to the hazardous materials commission-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (q) The health plan services assistant-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (r) The mental health education liaison-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (s) The deputy executive director, Contra Costa Health Plan-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (t) The director of environmental health services is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (u) The director of hazardous materials programs-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. -3- ORDINANCE NO. 2010-13 (v) The chief executive officer, Contra Costa Health Plan-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (w) The residency director-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (x) The Contra Costa Health Plan medical director is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (y) The chief operations officer-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (z) The health services information technology director-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (aa) The assistant health services information technology director-project management-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (bb) The assistant health services information technology director-application development-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (cc) The assistant health services information technology director-customer support-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (dd) The assistant health services information technology director-infrastructure- exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (ee) The assistant health services information technology director-information security-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (ff) The ambulatory care chief executive officer-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (gg) The chief quality officer-exempt is excluded and is appointed by the director of health services. (Ords. 2010-13, §1, 2009-16, §1, 2009-09, §1, 2008-11, §1, 2007-37, §1, 2005- 28, §1, 2004-11, §1, 2003-32, §1, 99-23, 98-11, §1, 98-5, §1, 97-25, §1, 97-13, §1, 96-31, §1, 93-31, 92-2, §1, 90-124, §1, 90-55, 86-97, 86-32, 85-50 §2, 83-9, 1-70 §2, 81-32 § I[5], 80-69 §1, 80-34 §1, 80-6, 79-29, 79-9 §3: §32-2.602 (7, 13, 16): prior code § 2413 (g, n, r): Ords. 69-81, 2030, 471: Bd. Sups. Resol. # 79/201). -4- ORDINANCE NO. 2010-13 SECTION II: EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be published once with the names of the supervisors voting for and against it in the ______________________________________________, a newspaper published in this County. PASSED ON ____________________________________ by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: DAVID TWA, Clerk of the Board and County Administrator By:________________________________________________________ Deputy Board C hair [SEAL] VLD:ld H:\Ordinances\Exempt\Ordinances\Health Services 2010-13.wpd (7/27/2010)