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FROM: Danna Fabella, Interim Director County
Employment and Human Services Department °°srA x `� y
DATE: June 6, 2006 C . S
SUBJECT: Contract with Shield Healthcare for non-medical equipment and oral nutritional supplements
under Multi-purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP).
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Interim Director, or designee, to execute a
contract with Shield Healthcare in an amount not to exceed $60,000 to provide non-medical equipment and oral
nutritional supplements under Multi-purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) for the period July 1, 2006
through June 30, 2008. (#40-131-9)
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$60,000 Multi-purpose Senior Services Program (MSSP): 100% State.
BACKGROUND:
The County's Employment and Human Services Department's (EHSD)Aging and Adult Services Bureau
(AAS)provides case management services countywide under the Multi-purpose Senior Services Program
(MSSP), Linkages, and Adult Protective Services (APS) to County residents. Shield Healthcare will provide
non-medical home equipment services and oral nutritional supplement services under MSSP service codes 2.3
and 7.3 for the County's EHSD. Services include assistive devices, appliances and supplies necessary to assure
the older clients's health, safety, and independence and food staples and supplements that are medically required
to facilitate and support an older client's return home following institutionalization, support their ability to live
in the community, and prevent their elevation to a higher level of care.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
JOHN CULLEN, ERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: BOB SESSLER 3-1582
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AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
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