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Health and Human Services recommending the Board:
1) Accept funding in the form of a $2,000 annual stipend and the loan of equipment from the Regents of the University of California for participation in their School-Based Tele-Physiatry Assistance for Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Services program;
2) Delegate authority to the Health and Human Services Agency Director to sign Agreement 005275 for the term to start upon final execution through July 31, 2022; as well as any further amendments thereto, that do not decrease the maximum dollar amount or change the term of the Agreement, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
3) Authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director or Agency Chief Fiscal Officer to execute any fiscal and programmatic reports required for said Agreement.
FUNDING: Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, managed by the Regents of the University of California.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The University of California, Davis School of Medicine and the University of California, Davis Medical Center (UC Davis Health) are under the Regents of the University of California, a constitutional corporation under Article IX of the Constitution of the State of California.
UC Davis Health established a telemedicine program that provides health care professionals at outlying hospitals and clinics with access to UC Davis Health physicians practicing in a broad array of clinical specialties. UC Davis Health also applied for and received funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Grant Number 1R01HS025714-01) to support its School-Based Tele-Physiatry Assistance for Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Services (STARS) Program for children with special healthcare needs living in rural and underserved Communities.
The goal of the STARS Program is to implement a new model of care using telemedicine to deliver ...
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