HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11281995 - C39 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
Costa
DATE: November 9, 1995 County
Approve .Submission of Funding Applications #29-393-2 and #29-393-
SUBJECT: 3 with the, State Department of Health Services for the
Tuberculosis Control Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
1
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:.
A. Approve and authorize the submission of Funding Application #29-
393-2 with the State Department of Health Services, TB Control
Branch, in the amount of $233 , 362 , for the period from July 1,
1995 through June 30, 1996, to enhance tuberculosis (TB)
prevention and control activities in Contra Costa County; and
B. Approve and authorize the submission of Funding Application #29-
393-3 with the State Department of Health Services, TB Control
Branch, in the amount of $25,418, for the period from July 1,
1995 through June 30, 1996, to improve completion of appropriate
therapy for TB patients.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of these Applications will result in a total of $258,780 in
State Local Assistance and CDC funds during FY 1995-96 for the
County's TB Control Program. No County funds are required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
The Health Services Department maintains a TB Control Program which
serves all reported TB patients and their contacts in Contra Costa
County. Approval of these funding applications will allow the
Department to: (1) continue to expand prevention and control
activities, and (2) improve completion of appropriate therapy which is
essential to decrease TB transmission, prevent the development of drug
resistance and cure TB patients.
Three certified and sealed copies of the Board Order should be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF OARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
N UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712)
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board
Auditor-Controller Supervisors and County Administrator
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