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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute amendments to the current agreements with Los Angeles County, in the total combined amount of $88,148 to provide Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) case management, outpatient medical, and treatment advocacy programs for the terms as listed through May 31, 2009. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1998, Los Angeles County has contracted with the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to provide Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) clinical services that include: medical outpatient, case management, and treatment advocacy programs.
The medical outpatient program provides medical services to approximately 300 patients annually and strives to interrupt or delay the progression of HIV/AIDS disease and promoting optimal health for the client. Services include: diagnosis, treatment, counseling, and referrals for appropriate specialty services.
Case management services include an individual client assessment to ascertain their physical, psychosocial, environmental and financial needs and to facilitate their access to the appropriate service provider. The program serves approximately 250 individuals with HIV/AIDS infection who are medically indigent and would have no other means of accessing care. The Health Department also actively collaborates with and obtains referrals from service organizations and agencies beyond traditional HIV/AIDS case management service delivery systems, including but not limited to: substance abuse, mental health, specialty services, and social service organizations.
Treatment advocacy services are provided to every patient in one-on-one counseling sessions. These sessions include education on decreasing the risk of acquiring opportunistic infection, and on prevention methods aimed at reducing the risk of transmission of HIV to others. The program also p...
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