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William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director
FRAM: By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator ,,fir?
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DATE: November 20, 1997 County
,Approval of Standard Agreement #28-609 with the California Department
SUBJECT:of Health Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his
designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D. ) , to execute, on behalf of the
County, Standard Agreement #28-609 (State #97-11829) with the
California Department of Health Services, for the period from
October 1, 1997 through June 30, 1998, for HIV laboratory testing
services provided by the County' s Public Health Laboratory. This
Standard Agreement provides a maximum amount of $378, 290 during
the term of the Agreement .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Under this Agreement the State will pay the County on a fixed
price of $95 per HIV viral load test . The maximum amount payable
to the County will not exceed a total of $378, 290 . No County funds
are required.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
This project will provide HIV viral load testing services to the
County' s AIDS Program, as well as to other county health
department AIDS programs, and establish the County' s Public Health
Laboratory as a regional public health laboratory for northern
California. The testing is funded by the . State Office of AIDS
which is providing this service to HIV infected persons who are
not Medi-Cal eligible, do not have private insurance, and who
otherwise could not afford this service. Viral Load Testing is
important in prognosis and management of antiviral therapy.
Three certified and sealed copies of this Board Order should be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUREL
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON 0 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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OF SUPERVISORS
(ABSENT y 1 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, MD (313-6712)
CC: Health Services Dept (Contracts) ATTESTED 1 1927
State Dept of Health Services Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the fioard of
Supervisors and County Administrator
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