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C. 22

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	March 8, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Agreement #28-983 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/08/2022

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:	Ori Tzvieli, M.D., 925-608-5267
cc:	L Walker M 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: March 8, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Agreement #28-983 including indemnification with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health), a nonprofit corporation, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $135,249 to provide Public Health Laboratory Director training and participate in the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) for state-wide COVID emergency testing for the period from January 1, 2021 through September 22, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The agreement will result in the County receiving an amount not to exceed $135,249 in funding by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) through Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

This agreement will allow the County to provide Public Health Laboratory Director training fellowships to prepare fellows for national board certification exams. Fellowships will include in-person trainings in managing, supervising and administering a public health laboratory, tuition to complete academic requirements for board exams eligibility as applicable, registration, travel and lodging for national board exams, and training materials. The County will also participate in the COOP for state-wide COVID emergency testing. This includes planning meetings, capacity data, mapping to state collection sites and MOA/MOU for COVID emergency testing, verifying state collection site COVID transport media, such as Molecular Transport Medium (MTM) and/or dry swabs, testing and verifying Color Application Programming Interface (API), Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software integration, and completing one or more COOP exercises to test capacity to receive, test, and report state COVID specimens.

Approval of Agreement #28-983 will allow the County to receive funding to provide Public Health Laboratory Director training and participate in COOP for state-wide COVID emergency testing. This agreement includes the County agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless the contractor for claims arising out of the County’s performance under this contract. The County’s Public Health division received the award notification in December, therefore the request for an agreement was delayed.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this agreement is not approved, the County will not receive funding to provide Public Health Laboratory Director Training and participate in COOP for state-wide COVID emergency testing.