TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: October 6, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Memorandum of Understanding with County of Sonoma in the Amount of $65,323 for the Provision of Mandated Laboratory Testing Services, Effective July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve retroactive Memorandum of Understanding with County of Sonoma in the amount of $65,323 for the provision of mandated laboratory testing services, effective July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020; authorize the Health and Human Services Director or designee to sign any amendments that do not increase the maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
November 13, 2012, Item 4(c), BOS Agreement No. 12-128; June 16, 2015, Item 4(l), BOS Agreement No. 15-060.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Per California State Code, counties with populations over 50,000 are required to provide public health laboratory services. California State Code does not require counties to maintain their own laboratory, but does require counties to arrange for the provision of mandated testing. Mendocino County has fulfilled testing requirements through contracts with outside agencies since the closure of the Mendocino County Public Health Lab in 2009.
The Public Health Branch of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) requests Board approval of a six-month contract with Sonoma County's Public Health Lab. The proposed contract is a renewal of the most recent lab services contract with Sonoma County, which covered the past five Fiscal Years and expired on June 30, 2020. The new contract is calculated at the 2019-20 rate plus 3.5 percent. This same increase to the yearly cost was standard in the contract that expired in June.
HHSA requests retroa...
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