DATE: May 7, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding for the Distribution of Medical Prophylaxis and Supplies in a Closed Point of Dispensing Site
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Providers (public agencies and private organizations) for Medical Prophylaxis in a Closed Point of Dispensing, effective upon execution with unlimited one-year auto-renewals, unless terminated by either party ($0); and
2. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Public Health, or designee, to add and/or delete Providers to/from the Memorandum of Understanding, as necessary.
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will allow the Department of Public Health to designate and train public agencies and private organizations (Providers) that have entered into the recommended Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), as designated dispensing sites of medical prophylaxis and supplies. The prophylaxis and supplies would be distributed by the Providers to their internal self-identified population, which may include employees, students, contractors, clients, and family members in the event of a proclaimed State or Local Emergency as defined in Government Code, section 8558(b) & (c) or Health and Safety Code, section 101080 requiring distribution of medical prophylaxis. Approval of the second recommended action will allow the Department Director, or designee, to add and/or delete Providers to the MOU. Supplies for the Closed Point of Dispensing (CPOD) and training for the CPOD staff would be funded with the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grants, and the Providers are responsible to pay their staff's salaries, with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, the Department would revise its Medical...
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