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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, with the State of California Department of Health Services, to receive and expend funding in the amount of $1,170,815, for the provision of immunization services for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1993, the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) has received funding from the State of California Department of Health Services (State) to supplement local childhood immunization programs and services. The goal of the Health Department Immunization Program is to increase the immunization rates of children and decrease the occurrence of vaccine-preventable diseases in Long Beach. The target objectives are that 90 percent of children in Long Beach will be fully vaccinated with all of the pediatric doses of vaccines recommended by age two, and that at least 95 percent of kindergarten enrollees into public and private schools in Long Beach will be up-to-date upon entry.
The Health Department will use this award to continue to provide and coordinate local immunization program activities. These funds will be utilized by the Health Department for the provision of the following services: immunization education for providers, parents and the community; outreach to target populations; supplemental staffing at Health Department immunization clinics; annual pre-school, Head Start and kindergarten immunization records assessments; quality assurance reviews in the Health Department and private non-profit clinics; case management for hepatitis B prevention; outreach and clinic interventions to promote and provide recently developed new vaccines for adults and children; and, recall/reminder systems to ensure on-time receipt of immunizations. The Immunization Program also coordinates the annual flu vaccine campaign, which conducts clinics to provide flu vaccine to anyone over the age of six months, with special emphasis on reaching those over the age of 60 and those with chronic medical conditions.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda T. Vu on November 7, 2017 and by Revenue Management Officer Geraldine Alejo on November 9, 2017.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on December 5, 2017, as the Health Department has been providing services under this contract since July 1, 2017, but will be unable to recover costs until the agreements are approved. Delays at the State level have kept this amendment from being executed earlier.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total reimbursement amount will be up to $1,170,815 for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022. Sufficient funds for years one and two are currently appropriated in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Health and Human Services Department (HE). Subsequent years’ appropriations will be requested as part of the annual budget process. There is no City match required, and no local job impact associated with this recommendation.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
KELLY COLOPY
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER