To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
title
Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility COVID-19 Worker Retention Payments Application for Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Health Sempervirens Employees
end
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to apply for and receive Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility COVID-19 Worker Retention Payment (WRP) funds from the Department of Health Care Services; and
2. Authorize DHHS to receive funds if awarded; and
3. Authorize DHHS and Humboldt County Payroll to work together to ensure payments are issued to all eligible staff if the application for WRP funds is successful.
Body
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund - 1170424
DISCUSSION:
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is making one-time worker retention payment funding available to qualifying entities to issue payments to eligible individuals. Workers and physicians in qualifying facilities will be eligible to receive a retention payment if they:
Were employed at least part-time during the qualifying work period of July 30, 2022 through Oct. 28, 2022?; and,
Are employed by Covered Entities (CEs) or Covered Services Employers (CSEs) or who is a physician who continues to provide onsite services as of the date of record, Nov. 28, 2022.
The Psychiatric Health Facility run by DHHS, Sempervirens, qualifies as a CE because it is classified as an acute psychiatric hospital as defined by Health and Safety Code section 1250(b).
For staff to be considered an eligible part-time employee, they must work onsite at a qualifying facility for a single CE and be paid for working at the facility between 100 and 399 hours, or at least 400 hours to be considered an eligible full-time employee during the qualifying work period listed above. Staff may be eligible to receiv...
Click here for full text