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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05202008 - C.34 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Cont - - �.� �'a FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director o. _:> � Costa,z Employment and Human Services ;• 4°q Sracotiii't'; DATE: May 20, 2008 County SUBJECT: Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) Funding SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with the California Department of Aging to pay County up to $260,780 to fund Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) services for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. (#29-176-9) FISCAL IMPACT: Per California Department of Aging Agreement HI-0809-07, County to receive funding in the amount of $260,780. (All Districts) (No County Match) BACKGROUND: The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) Area Agency on Aging (AAA) provides Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) services to Medicare beneficiaries, including Medicare beneficiaries by virtue of a disability, and those persons imminent of Medicare eligibility as defined in State law, Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I), Sections 9541 (a) and (c) (2), and to the public at large for HICAP community education services under W&I Code 9541 (c) (1), (4), (5), and (6). CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:_YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURES . � ACTION OF B 70 APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS r�( I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE -- /—\ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: � M ATTESTED 04 JOHN CjtIZEN,CLERK OF THE BO RD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact: JOHN COTTRELL 3-1605 EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT(EB) RALPH McGEE,EHSD FISCAL COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AUDITOR-CONTROLLER BY: DEPUTY