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Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health Division, recommending the Board adopt Resolution 115-2012 authorizing the Chair to sign the Federal Ryan White Comprehensive Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resources Emergency Act funding agreement with the County of Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $472,578 for the estimated term dates of July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015. This agreement will fund direct medical and support care services for persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
FUNDING: Federal Ryan White Comprehensive Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resources Emergency Act funds with Sacramento County acting as fiscal agent.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost…………… $472,578
Funding…………………………
Budgeted………………………… $472,578 (3 years)
New Funding…………………….
Savings…………………………
Other……………………………
Total Funding Available………… $472,578
Change To Net County Cost…… $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no Net County Cost associated with the pending funding Agreement associated with this Resolution.
Background
Congress created the Ryan White Comprehensive Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resources Emergency ("CARE") Act in 1990 and reauthorized the Act in 2009. The CARE Act is a series of grant programs that fund treatment services for people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV") and/or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ("AIDS") who are either uninsured or underinsured. Unlike Medicare or Medicaid, CARE Act funded programs ("Ryan White Program") are "payer of last resort" that fund treatment when no other resources are available
Sacramento County is the applicant/recipient for CARE Act funds for the eligible metropolitan area and serves as the fiscal agent distributing those funds to various counties, including the County of El Dorado.
Funding Agreement 927-F0811 with Sacramento County for the provision o...
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