RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Contract #72-105-1 with Blue Cross of California (dba Anthem Blue Cross), a corporation, a non-financial agreement to provide patient referrals of eligible women for the Black Infant Health Program for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact as this is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The Black Infant Health Project was created to provide services mandated by the California State Department of Health Care Services to develop a partnership for reducing the African-American infant morbidity and mortality rates. This project meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing case management services, outreach, recruitment, enrollment into group intervention, education and support, to pregnant and/or parenting women and their infants in East and West County, including those in the African-American Community.
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