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C. 28

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	August 9, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Amendment #28-983-1 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/09/2022

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: August 9, 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 Amendment #28-983-1 with Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. (dba Heluna Health), a nonprofit corporation, to amend Grant Agreement #28-983 to extend the termination date from September 22, 2022 to September 22, 2023 with no change in the amount payable to the county not to exceed $135,249 for the provision of Public Health Laboratory Director training and participation in the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) for state-wide COVID emergency testing.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this amendment will not impact the payment limit of the grant agreement.

BACKGROUND:

This agreement allows 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. 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.

On March 8, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement #28-983 to 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 included the County agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless the contractor for claims arising out of county’s performance under this contract.

Approval of Amendment #28-983-1 will allow the County to continue to provide Public Health Laboratory Director training and participation in the COOP for state-wide COVID emergency testing through September 22, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this amendment is not approved the County will not be able to provide Public Health Laboratory Director Training and participate in COOP for state-wide COVID emergency testing.