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Health & Human Services to add $1M FPHS scope in state contract amendment
Summary
Health & Human Services staff previewed Amendment No. 6 to a multi-year state contract that adds a foundational public health services scope worth about $1,000,000 and includes a separate 'group B' scope with zero funding; the contract total discussed was roughly $3.9 million over the period.
Gina James of the county’s Health & Human Services department briefed the board on Amendment No. 6 to a multiyear consolidated contract with the Washington State Department of Health.
James said the amendment adds two scopes of work. The first, foundational public health services (FPHS), was described as "a little over $1,000,000" and will primarily fund communicable-disease work and related public-health activities. The second scope, referred to in the transcript as "group B," was shown in the amendment with zero funding following recent legislative action, although the county will retain responsibilities associated with that scope.
James also noted the contract total discussed in the presentation was roughly $3.9 million across the contract period and that the amendment includes several smaller funding items such as an infrastructure grant intended to upgrade the county’s food-database system and targeted water-systems and hepatitis B work.
Commissioners asked whether the contract funds are reimbursements (they are) and had no further objections in the recorded exchange. The transcript does not include a formal approval or vote on the amendment within this session.
