TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: January 5, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Darcie Antle
PHONE:
463-4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Mary Alice Willeford
PHONE:
468-7067
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Agreement with Noemi Doohan, M.D., Ph.D., in the Amount of $100,000 for County Deputy Public Health Officer Services, Effective January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve retroactive Agreement with Noemi Doohan, M.D., Ph.D., in the amount of $100,000 for County Deputy Public Health Officer Services, effective January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; authorize a Health and Human Services Agency Assistant Director 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:
December 10, 2019, Item 4(k), Amendment 2 of Standard Agreement No. PH-19-024 (BOS No. 19-261);
April 14, 2020, Item 5(b), Amendment 4 of Standard Agreement No. PH-19-024 (BOS No. 19-261-A1);
June 10, 2020, Item 5(c), Amendment 5 of Standard Agreement No. PH-19-024 (BOS No. 20-079).
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
On August 19, 2019, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors appointed Noemi Doohan, M.D., Ph.D., as Public Health Officer for Mendocino County, a position she held until appointment of a new Public Health Officer in September 2020. Since then, Dr. Doohan has continued as Mendocino County's Deputy Public Health Officer to assist the new Health Officer and to provide consulting services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Doohan's contract expired on December 31, 2020.
The Public Health Branch of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) requests retroactive approval of a new contract with Dr. Doohan to allow continued consultation and provision of Deputy Public Health Officer services. HHSA makes the request for retroactive...
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