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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a first amendment to Agreement No. 33940 with the California Department of Public Health, providing an additional $602,972, for a total amount of $1,808,916, and extending the term one additional year, for the provision of HIV/AIDS Preventive Health Services, for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1988, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has contracted with the City of Long Beach Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) to provide both anonymous and confidential targeted HIV testing services. Anonymous and confidential targeted HIV testing in our health care setting is performed, most often by rapid testing, with and without counseling. Targeted testing takes place based on patient requests, and/or through the use of a client self-assessment questionnaire used to determine whether the patient will receive a low-risk or high-risk intervention.
Targeted HIV testing services in healthcare settings are provided in the family planning, STD and TB ambulatory clinics, and mobile clinic outings. These settings are staffed by State certified counselors and provide HIV testing at venues frequented by individuals considered to be at the greatest risk. Often, patients are referred for testing services to the ambulatory STD Clinic site by community providers and Health Department staff working in mental health, WIC, public health nursing or other services due to identified risk behaviors by these providers. Additionally, the mobile clinic provides testing at the health centers located at the Long Beach community college campuses, Cal State University Dominguez Hills and Cal State University Long Beach, and the Sunburst Academy National Guard Youth Foundation. The mobile clinic also provides testing at The Children’s Clinic, one of our community health center partners.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorne...
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