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C.127

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	December 8, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Approval of Agreement #28-941 with California Department of Public Health

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/08/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Daniel Peddycord, 925-313-6712
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 8, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Participation Agreement #28-941 with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), including agreeing to indemnify the State, to participate in the California Public Health Laboratories COVID-19 Initiative to provide molecular analysis complementary to current diagnostic and surveillance testing performed in Contra Costa County, for the period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This is a nonfinancial agreement.

BACKGROUND:

This Agreement #28-941 will allow the Contra Costa Public Health Department to conduct COVID-19 related investigations and surveillance in partnership with CDPH and other partnering counties. This includes enhanced laboratory testing for outbreak investigations, contact tracing, determining potential reinfections, assessment of control measures in high-risk settings and high-risk populations, coordinating with connected jurisdictions and healthcare systems to improve understanding of transmission among communities, and to better inform public health action to Health and Safety Code section 100325. This agreement includes agreeing to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the State for claims arising out of County’s performance under this contract.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the agreement is not approved, COVID-19 transmission investigation will remain based on traditional case investigation methods without support of additional laboratory-derived genetic data from coordinating jurisdictions.