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FR°"' Mark Finucane, Health Services Director o(A Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrator
dministrate Costa
DATE: June 29, 1989 County
sueJECT: Approve Standard Agreement #29-721-4 with the State Department
of Health Services for Claiming Federal Reimbursement for Refugee
and Cuban/Haitian Entrant Medical Assistance Costs
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute on behalf of the
County, Standard Agreement #29-721-4 with the State Department of
Health Services for claiming federal reimbursement for refugee and
Cuban/Haitian entrant medical assistance costs for the period
October 1, 1988 through September 30, 1990.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Standard Agreement will reimburse the County 100% of the
actual costs of medical assistance to eligible refugees and
Cuban/Haitian entrants under the Federal Refugee Resettlement
Program. The amount of reimbursement depends upon the number and
type of services received by eligible refugees. No County match
is required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Since October 1, 1983 , the County has claimed federal reimbursement
through the State Department of Health Services for refugee and
Cuban/Haitian entrant medical assistance costs. On May 9, 1989,
the Board approved submission of a Declaration of Intent to the
State Department of Health Services in order to participate in the
program for FY 1988-89 and 1989-90. Standard Agreement #29-721-4
is the result of the Declaration of Intent.
Eligible refugees and Cuban/Haitian entrants are defined as those
individuals who have resided in the United States for more than 12
-months, but not more than twenty-four months, and who qualify for
medical services from the County under Welfare and Institutions
Code, Section 17000.
The Board Chairman should sign four copies of the agreement, three
of which should then be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit
for submission to the State Department of Health Services.
DG
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; _-' YES SIGNATURE; //. /11 /
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OF BOARD AMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: _ NOES:_ _ AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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cc: Health Services (.Contracts) ATTESTED JUL 11 1989
Auditor-Controller (Claims) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
State Department of Health Services SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY li" '� .I,/�' ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83