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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any necessary amendments to the current agreements between the City of Long Beach and Los Angeles County, in a total amount of $567,766, to provide Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) non-medical case management and benefits specialty services for the period of April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2013; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund
(SR 130) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $140,000. (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. 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 promote 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.
Benefits specialty services focus on assisting a client’s entry into, and movement through, care service systems outside of the Federally-funded Ryan White Programs service delivery network. It is the primary resp...
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