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DATE: May 24, 1996
SUBJECT: APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN CONTRACT
(County #20-573-13) FOR OFFICE ON AGING'S
HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director, Office 'on Aging, or his
designee, to EXECUTE a contract (##20-573-13) with Contra Costa
Legal Services Foundation for $4, 500 for the period July 1,
1996 to June 30, 1997 to provide legal services to the Health
Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) subject to
approval by County Counsel or the Social Service Department
Contract Administrator as to legal form.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT
This contract involves no County funds . On February 27, 1996
the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a recommendation
to submit HICAP' s Program Plan and Budget to the State . It
included the contract specified above for $4, 500 in State
grant funds to Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
Mandated under AB2419, the Health Insurance Counseling and
Advocacy Program has been operated by the . County' s Office on
Aging for the past eleven years . The Program provides
community education, recruitment, training, and coordination
of volunteer health insurance counselors in the area of health
insurance and related health care plans. The contract with
Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation provides legal service
and consultation for HICAP clients .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: -YES SIGNAYURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATUREM:
:
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I 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.
JUN 111996
Lennis Lyon X-'3-1731 ATTESTED
Contact: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
cc_ Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Office on Aging(original) r -
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