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FROM: William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator .f�-lT Contra
Costa
DATE: September 24, 1997 County
SUBJECT: Approve Amendment Agreement #29-395-15 with the State Department of
Health Services for County' s AIDS Drug Assistance Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) a: 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,
Amendment Agreement #29-395-15, effective July 1, 1997, to amend
Standard Agreement #29-395-14 , with the State Department of Health
Services, Office of AIDS, to allocate additional funds for the
County' s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and to extend the term
of the agreement through September 30, 1997 .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this amendment will result in an additional allocation
of $160, 041 from the State for County' s ADAP, from $486, 652 , to a
new total allocation of $646, 693, for the period from July 1, 1996
through September 30, 1997 .
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
On January 14, 1997, the Board of Supervisors approved Standard
Agreement #29-395-14 with the State Office of AIDS, for the period
from July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997 to provide funding to cover
the cost of certain drugs which have been included in the ADAP by
the State and determined by the U. S . Food and Drug Administration to
prolong the life of a person with AIDS, for eligible low income
persons who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
and/or persons with AIDS and related complexes who meet certain
criteria.
This amendment extends the term of the agreement through September
30 , 1997, to allow for a transition from the existing locally
administered ADAP model to a state-wide centralized administrative
model of operation.
Four certified and sealed copies of the Board Order should be
returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit for distribution to the
State Department of Health Services .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED 7 1997
State Office of AIDS Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7-88 BY
' DEPUTY