DATE: August 4, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Amendment I to Agreement with Health Care Connection for Health Care Management Student Internship Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment I to Agreement 19-291 with Health Career Connection for a healthcare management student internship program, effective June 1, 2020 with no change to the term of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2022 ($0).
REPORT
Approval of the recommend action will permit Health Care Connection (HCC) junior and senior year college students to acquire practical knowledge in health care management through a 10-week summer internship program with the Department of Behavioral Health. Participation will be completed without monetary compensation between either party and HCC will ensure possess the required insurance. Department staff will supervise the interns. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Department would be unable to offer HCC students an internship placement in health care management.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
Health Care Connection approached the Department of Behavioral Health with this intern opportunity in early April 2020. It was learned that the Department of Public Health had an existing agreement with HCC and research began to determine whether DBH could be added to said agreement. Risk Management and County Counsel were consulted to find out if the provisions of the current agreement met the requirements for an intern working in a behavioral health setting as privacy laws are stricter due to the nature of the service delivery. Additional liability and indemnity requirements were recommended and added to the amendment, however, this conversation progressed past the program start date of June 1, 2020.
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