Health and Mental Health Services
Hospital Preparedness Program Federal Funding Agreements and
Amendments
24.
Revised recommendation: Authorize the Director of Health Services to execute
agreements with qualified vendors including, but not limited to, consultants and
other non-hospital related providers needed to implement the Hospital
Preparedness Program (HPP) grant objectives, effective upon execution
through the end of the then present grant term, with options to extend the term
annually up to and including June 30, 2029, and execute amendments to such
agreement to exercise the options, allow for the rollover of unspent funds, adjust
funding for each year the Department of Health Services accepts a United
States Department of Health Human Services (USDHHS) grant award, and
make necessary corresponding service adjustments, add, delete and/or change
non-substantive terms and conditions or make other changes as required by the
Board, or to comply with Federal and State law or regulation, or further extend
the term up to and through June 30, 2030, if the grant period is extended by
USDHHS; and authorize the Director to take the following actions: (Department
of Health Services) APPROVE (Administratively carried over from the meeting
of 6-25-24)
Execute amendments to the existing HPP Specialty Care Center
Designation Master Agreements with the 80 acute care hospitals and the
Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County to allow for the
rollover of unspent funds, adjust funding for each year an USDHHS grant
award is accepted, and make corresponding service adjustments, as
necessary, further extend the term up to and through June 30, 2030, if
the grant cycle is extended by USDHHS, or add, delete and/or change
non-substantive terms and conditions or make other changes as required
by the Board, or to comply with Federal and State law or regulation;
Execute a sole source amendment or successor agreement for Long
Term Care Facilities Disaster Preparedness Project (Agreement) with the
California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF) to extend the
contracting relationship through June 30, 2025 and increase the
County’s maximum obligation amount by $90,000, and execute future
sole source amendments to the CAHF Agreement to extend the term up
to and including June 30, 2029, allow for the rollover of unspent contract
funds, increase or decrease the funding for each year an award is
accepted and make corresponding service adjustments, as necessary,
extend the term through June 30, 2030, if the grant cycle/term is
extended by USDHHS, and add, delete, and/or change non-substantive
terms and conditions or make other changes as required by the Board,
or to comply with Federal and State law or regulation; and