To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Work Order Agreement (WOA) with Heluna Health for California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Public Health Laboratory (PHL) Preparedness through Laboratory Response Network (LRN) Supplement #1
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the WOA with Heluna Health to administer the CDPH ELC PHL Preparedness Supplement 1 Grant;
2. Authorize the Director of Public Health, or a designee thereof, to sign the WOA; and
3. Authorize the Director of Public Health, or a designee thereof, to sign all future amendments and documents directly related to the WOA upon review and approval of County Counsel and Risk Management.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds (1175)
DISCUSSION:
On September 27, 2021, CDPH allocated $100,000 to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Public Health under the ELC PHL Preparedness Through LRN grant. This funding supports the Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory (HCPHL) participation in becoming connected to CDPH's Color testing platform and will allow HCPHL to act as a backup lab for the Valencia Branch Laboratory (VBL) in case of operation or transportation disruptions to VBL. This grant supports these Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) activities and statewide COVID-19 emergency testing for the period between July 1, 2021 and December 15, 2022. Heluna Health has been assigned by CDPH to oversee this grant funding.
COOP activities help strengthen PHL COVID-19 surveillance, detection, and preparedness. The HCPHL will complete the following COOP activities: 1) participate in COOP, including planning meetings, capacity data, mapping to state collection sites, and memorandum of agreement/understanding (MOA/MOU) for COVID-19 emergency testing; 2) verify state collection site COVID-19 transport media, such as molecular transport medium...
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