To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Data Use and Disclosure Agreement (DUDA) for the CalCONNECT System
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Responsibility state standard agreement with the CDPH regarding access to the CalCONNECT system;
2. Authorize the Director of Public Health, or a designee thereof, to sign the agreement;
3. Authorize the Director of Public Health, or a designee thereof, to sign all future CalCONNECT agreements upon review and approval of County Counsel, Risk Management, and County Administrative Office (CAO).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds (1175).
DISCUSSION:
The CalCONNECT System is an online case management platform that maintains case management information, originally collected by local health departments or CDPH staff or their agents, related to contagious, infectious, communicable, or reportable diseases and conditions. It was initially established in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. On May 11, 2021, your Board approved a CalCONNECT state standard DUDA for COVID-19 contact tracing and case reporting.
CalCONNECT has since been expanded for use to collect information on any contagious, infectious, communicable, or reportable diseases and conditions that CDPH wishes to take measures on as necessary to improve the efficiency of disease surveillance and response activities and the early detection of public health events through the collection of more complete and timely surveillance information on a statewide basis. CalCONNECT is a secure, web-based electronic solution for state departments and local health departments to maintain information to allow then to interview cases and contacts, identify the individuals they have interacted with, collect their conditions and symptoms, and notify those contacts to evaluate wheth...
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