San Francisco Department of Public Health

AGENDA
HEALTH COMMISSION MEETING
August 7, 2001
3:00 P.M. 
at 
101 Grove Street, Room #300
San Francisco, CA 94102
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON THIS AGENDA AT 2:00 P.M. THE HEALTH COMMISSION WILL ACT ON THOSE ITEMS OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. 
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM.
1) CALL TO ORDER
2) PROPOSED ACTION: APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 10, 2001
*Minutes of July 10, 2001
3) PROPOSED ACTION: APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
(Commissioner David J. Sanchez, Jr., Ph.D.)
(3.1) DPH-Central Administration - Request for approval of a new contract with EPC Consultants, Inc. as fiscal intermediary for P.B. Strategies, LLC, who will provide overall project management services for capital improvement projects to neighborhood Primary Care facilities, in the amount of $58,500, for the period of August 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002.
* Calendaring request memo
(3.2) DPH-Central Administration - Request for approval of four new contracts with the following four organizations in the amount of $300,000 to provide outreach services to residents of Bayview, Hunters Point and Potrero Hill, to assist the uninsured in gaining health information and health insurance coverage, for a two-year contract period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2003.

Children's Council of San Francisco (CCSF) $50,000
Economic Opportunity Council of San Francisco (EOC) $50,000
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (PHNH) $100,000
The Sojourner Truth Foster Family Service Agency Inc. (STFFSA) $100,000

* Calendaring request memo
(3.3) PHP-Health Promotion - Request for approval of a renewal contract with O'Rorke Public Relations & Advertising, in the amount of $170,000, to provide public relations and media services to the Stop Red Light Running Project, for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. (DPH contracted with O'Rorke for services totaling $244,726 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo, Contract evaluation form
(3.4) PHP-Health Promotion - Request for approval of a month-to-month contract with CAHEED, Inc., in the amount of $339,000, to provide outreach and prenatal education and support services targeting African American fathers, mothers and infants, for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. (DPH contracted with CAHEED for services totaling $207,090 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo, Client demographic information form, Monitoring report summary
(3.5) AIDS Office - Request for approval of a renewal contract with California AIDS Intervention Training Center (CAITC), in the amount of $140,110, to provide HIV prevention services targeting high-risk behavior groups, for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. (DPH contracted with CAITC for services totaling $525,056 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo, Client demographic information form, Monitoring report summary
(3.6) AIDS Office - Request for approval of a contract renewal with the Regents of the University of California, through UCSF/AIDS Health Project, in the amount of $327,420, to provide HIV counseling, testing, referral and partner counseling and referral services, for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. (DPH contracts with UCSF for services totaling $10,581,353 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo, Client demographic information form, Monitoring report summary
(3.7) AIDS Office - Request for approval of a new sole source contract with the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, in the amount of $369,159, to provide a full range of services for telephone interviews for an HIV Seroincidence Study of men in San Francisco, for the period of July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. (DPH contracted with UCSF for services totaling $10,581,353 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo
(3.8) PHP-CMHS/Child, Youth and Family - Request for approval of contract renewals with the following eight (8) agencies for the Family Mosaic Project, in the amount of $996,334, to provide various wrap-around services targeting seriously emotionally disturbed children, for the period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002.

Contractor Type of Service Proposed FY 01-02Transaction
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of SF $15,362
Catholic Youth Organization - St. Vincent's School for Boys Sub-Acute Residential Treatment $30,600
High Gear Achievers, Inc. Tutorial Services $11,000
JLC Services Mentoring Services $165,000
Lincoln Child Center Sub-Acute Residential Treatment $238,815
New College of California Counseling Services $8,000
RISE Institute Mentoring Services $165,000
Victor Treatment Centers Sub-Acute Residential Treatment $354,557

* Calendaring request memo
(3.9) PHP-Mental Health - Request for approval of a retroactive contract modification with Jewish Family and Children's Services (JFCS), in the amount of $364,984, to provide outpatient mental health services to refugee children from the former Soviet Union and mental health consultation, clinical and training services for family and center-based child care providers, for the period of July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001, for a total contract value of $1,277,018 for the four-year period of July 1, 1997 through June 30, 2001 ($404,984, for FY 2000-01). (DPH contracted with JFCS for services totaling $372,034 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo 
(3.10) PHP-Substance Abuse - Request for approval of a retroactive contract modification with Ohlhoff Recovery Programs in the amount of $76,370, to provide residential and outpatient substance abuse services targeting women and adolescents, for the period of July 1, 2000 through 
June 30, 2001, for a total contract value of $770,753 during the total contract period of July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2002. (DPH contracted with Ohlhoff for services totaling $189,188 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo
(3.11) PHP-Substance Abuse - Request for approval of a multi-year contract with the State Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs for Fiscal Years (FY) 2001-02 through 2004-05 for the combined Net Negotiated Amount (NNA) and Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) contract.
* Calendaring request package
(3.12) CHN-SFGH Radiology - Request for approval of a two-year contract with the Registry Network, Inc., in the total contract amount of $700,000, to provide intermittent, as-needed, professional radiology technology services, with on-call availability 7 days a week, for the period of 
September 1, 2001 through August 31, 2003. (DPH contracted with Registry Network for services totaling $414,258 during FY 2000-01).
* Calendaring request memo
4) FOR DISCUSSION: DIRECTOR'S REPORT
(Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., Director of Health)
(Report on activities and operations of the Department, and may include activities within the Community Health Network and Population Health and Prevention Divisions).
*Report
5) FOR DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAUMA 
PROPOSED ACTION: CARE SYSTEM PLAN 2001 AND CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 
(John Brown, M.C., Director EMS Section)
*Executive Summary and Proposed Resolution
6) FOR DISCUSSION: URGENT CARE CLINIC UPDATE
(David Ofman, M.D., CHN Medical Director for Primary Care Services)
*Report
7) OTHER BUSINESS/PUBLIC COMMENTS**
8) ADJOURNMENT
* Explanatory documents are available at the Health Commission Office, 101 Grove Street, Room #311, telephone 554-2666.
** Opportunity for members of the public to address the Health Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Health Commission. Additionally, public comments will be taken for each agenda item.
Disability Access
Room 300, 101 Grove Street is wheelchair accessible through the Grove Street entrance.
American sign language interpreters and readers are available with advance notice of three business days. The Department of Public Health will make every effort to accommodate requests for sound enhancement systems and alternative formats for meeting minutes and agendas. Please make these requests as far in advance as possible. For all requests contact Mariana Valdez at the Department of Public Health, Equal Employment Opportunity Program, telephone 554-2595. Late requests will be honored if possible.
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For the 101 Grove Street meeting, the closest accessible station for Muni and BART is the Civic Center station. For information about MUNI services, call 673-6864. Accessible parking is located at the southwest corner of Grove and Polk Streets. 
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For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force at:
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
Donna Hall, Administrator
City Hall, Room #244
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
Telephone: (415) 554-7724
Fax: (415) 554-5163
E-mail: Donna-Hall@ci.sf.ca.us
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