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Health Services Department recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign Amendment 4 to Agreement 7275-07/12-709 for Ryan White funding with County of Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services extending the term through June 30, 2012 and increasing the reimbursable amount by $314,082 for a multi-year total of $779,786 to fund direct medical and support care services through the Ryan White CARE Act for persons living with HIV and/or AIDS.
FUNDING: Federal Ryan White CARE Act funds through Sacramento County.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $779,786 (over 5 years)
Funding
Budgeted $157,526 3/31/10 - 3/30/11
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $157,526
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no Net County Cost associated with this Amendment 4 to Agreement 7275-07/12-709 with Sacramento County. In anticipation of this Amendment 4, the Department included this funding in the fiscal year (FY) 2010-11 budget.
Background: Congress created the Ryan White CARE Act in 1990, named for Ryan White, a teenager who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion and died after an eight-year struggle with the disease. The Ryan White CARE Act is a series of grant programs that fund treatment services for people with HIV/AIDS who are either uninsured or underinsured. Since its creation, the Act has been reauthorized multiple times, the latest being October 2009.
Sacramento County is the applicant/recipient for the Ryan White CARE Act funds for the eligible metropolitan area (EMA) and serves as the fiscal agent distributing those funds to various counties including the County of El Dorado. Ryan White Program services include, but are not limited to, information, referrals and/or arranging for outpatient medical care, skilled nursing, medication management, diagnosis and treatment of common medical, dental and mental...
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