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C. 46

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	July 27, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Agreement #28-971 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/27/2021

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: July 27, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Grant Agreement #28-971, including indemnification, with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc., dba Heluna Health, a corporation to pay the County in an amount not to exceed $148,695 to perform genomic analysis on hospitalized patients as part of the California Emerging Infection Programs (CEIP) SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Program, for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this agreement will result in up to $148,695 in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the California Emerging Infections Program through the Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in California in January 2020, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and local public health partners have been tracking and monitoring COVID-19 cases in California and have implemented containment and mitigation efforts. COVID-19 surveillance is essential to estimate disease prevalence over time, throughout the state, and amount key groups at high risk for infection in order to improve containment, mitigation and prevention measures, which may vary depending on regional COVID-19 epidemiology. Therefore, CDPH and several California local health jurisdictions, including Contra Costa County, are working with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to initiate sentinel community surveillance for COVID-19. Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. has been designated by the CDPH to administer this funding and to provide consulting and technical assistance that will be needed to perform the required activities.

The CEIP SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Program will be performing outreach to in-county hospitals and their affiliated laboratories positive SARS-CoV-2 specimens for hospitalized cases. This effort is being performed to better understand the viral genetic distribution and diversity in hospitalized COVID-19 cases in Contra Costa County. The Contra Costa County Public Health laboratory will perform whole genome sequencing to help support evaluation of these cases.

Approval of this Grant Agreement #28-971 will allow Contra Costa County to participate in the CEIP SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Program, through December 31, 2021. The County is agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless the Grantor for claims arising out of the County’s performance under this contract.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action is not approved, Contra Costa County would not receive funding to participate in the CEIP SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Program.