TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and all necessary documents or subcontracts, including any amendments to the allocation amount, with the County of Los Angeles, for County Measure B funds in the amount of $1,000,000, to support ongoing bioterrorism response programs, for a one-year period, with the option to renew for four one-year periods; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $1,000,000, offset by reimbursement 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 (County) 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 a timelier response to critical and urgent medical emergencies; and 3) respond effectively to biological and chemical terrorism.
On September 13, 2022, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors awarded the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) $1,000,000 to support ongoing emergency medical services, bioterrorism, and trauma and violence prevention programs. This structural allocation will be used to support the costs of maintaining the public health local distribution site (LDS) to stockpile safe and appropriate m...
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