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Board tables UniCare mobile-health MOU pending clearer parental-consent language
Summary
Trustees pulled and tabled agenda item 22 — an MOU with UniCare mobile services to provide student medical services — requesting clearer language about referrals and explicit parental-consent and district notification procedures before returning in October.
The Apple Valley Unified board pulled item 22 from the consent agenda on Sept. 1 and voted to table it until October after trustees requested clearer language about parental consent and how UniCare would refer students to other medical homes.
Trustees raised concerns about ambiguous references in the proposed MOU to referrals and alternate opportunities for health-service delivery. One trustee asked whether the district should require a districtwide parent notification when such mobile clinics are offered; staff replied that family centers and nursing teams typically include consent information on event flyers, similar to dental-screening flyers used in previous years.
Board members offered to draft suggested language or amendments to the MOU and asked staff to return with revised documentation and recommended parent-notification procedures. The motion to table item 22 passed (motion and second recorded at the meeting); the item will be revisited at the board's October meeting with proposed clarifications.
No health services were approved at the meeting; trustees emphasized that mobile services would require appropriate parental permission and clear communications before implementation.
