HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02142012 - C.31RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf
of the County, Memorandum of Understanding Agreement #28-352 with California
Department of Public Health, a non-financial agreement, for Contra Costa County to
receive, store, and maintain medical surge assets for the public Health Emergency project
and automatically renewed from year to year unless sooner terminated by either party.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
Since 2007, California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has maintained 2400 LVT
1200 Ventilators, 26.1 million N95 respirators, 2.8 million treatment courses of oral
antiviral medications, and 320 alternate care site caches ready for rapid deployment during
a public health emergency and has provided preventive maintenance for all ventilators,
keeping them in patient-ready order. Recently, CDPH lost its financial resources for storing
and maintaining these public health
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 02/14/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D.
313-6712
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: February 14, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, D Gary
C.31
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Ted Cwiek, Human Resources Director
Date:February 14, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Approval of Agreement #28-352 with California Department of Public Health
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and medical surge assets at the State level and is working through local Health Departments
(LHD), Private sector, and the federal government to find alternative storage space, in an
effort to keep the assets available for large-scale emergency events in California. Contra
Costa County’s Public Health Division will accept responsibility for maintenance and
distribution of the State stockpiled assets that include alternate care site caches, antiviral
medications, N95 respirators, and ventilators, as specified in the MOU.
Approval of this Memorandum of Understanding Agreement will allow the County to
coordinate or monitor assets transferred from CDPH to other identified Health Care facility
locations, gain full control and rights to use, assign these public health and medical surge
assets for rapid deployment during a public health emergency, and store these assets in local
warehouses or place them in hospitals and clinics. This agreement includes agreeing to
indemnify and hold CDPH harmless for claims arising out of the County’s performance
under the Agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this agreement is not approved, the residents of Contra Costa County will not have quick
access to these public health and medical surge assets if needed during an emergency
response.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
NOT APPLICABLE