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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 Contractor _,,���� M382/7-83 BY i��'' � C""°"""`� DEPUTY