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Public Health director seeks Board approval to sign updated VFC deputization MOU; CDC requires two-year renewals
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Summary
The Public Health director presented a memorandum of understanding to deputize the county for administering CDC-provided Vaccines for Children (VFC). Staff said the CDC now requires renewal of such MOUs every two years and requested Board approval to sign the updated agreement after legal review.
Mineral County’s Public Health director presented a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that formalizes the county’s role in administering Vaccines for Children (VFC), the state-supplied vaccine program for Medicaid and uninsured children under 19.
The director explained the county has administered VFC vaccines for years but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now requires that deputization agreements be renewed every two years. The MOU clarifies which local clinics and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are authorized to administer VFC vaccine and aligns county practice with current state and federal administrative requirements.
"This is an MOU in regards to deputization...The change is the CDC has decided that it can't be something that's signed and just stays in existence. This now has to be done every 2 years," the Public Health director said. The director said the county administers VFC vaccine to Medicaid and uninsured children and that the state supplies the vaccine free of charge for that eligible population.
Legal review has been completed and staff asked the Board for permission to sign the updated MOU so the county can continue to administer VFC vaccine under the new renewal schedule.
What happens next: the Board is expected to authorize the Public Health director to sign the renewed MOU following final legal review and any required administrative filings.
