TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and all necessary documents or subcontracts, including any subsequent amendments to the allocation amount, with the County of Los Angeles for County Measure B funds in the amount of $764,416, to fund the Regional Distribution Site to store medication to treat person affected by bioterrorist or chemical attack, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $764,416, offset by reimbursement grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In November of 2002, Los Angeles County Measure B (Preservation of Trauma Centers and Emergency Medical Services; Bioterrorism Response) (County Measure B) was approved by voters. County Measure B authorizes the County of Los Angeles to levy a special tax on structural improvements within the County to provide funding to support the countywide system of trauma centers, emergency medical services, trauma prevention, and bioterrorism response activities. Bioterrorism response refers to activities undertaken, directly or through contract, or coordinated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, to address the medical needs of persons exposed to bioterrorist or chemical attack.
The purpose of County Measure B is to: (1) avoid the life-threatening shutdown of the County’s trauma network; (2) maintain and expand the trauma network countywide, while ensuring more timely response to critical and urgent medical emergencies; and, (3) respond effectively to biological and chemical terrorism.
On February 7, 2022, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors awarded the City of Long Beach (City) Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) $764,416 to fund the Regional Distribution Site (RDS), to store medication to treat persons affected by a bioterrorist or chemical attack, using unallocated County Measure B funds from Fiscal Year...
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