Committee approves grant-funded contract for Nurse Family Partnership; member declares interest
Summary
The committee authorized a contract with UR Medicine Home Care to support the Nurse Family Partnership program; the administration said the contract is grant-funded and agreed to provide a list of program accomplishments, and a committee member recorded a conflict-of-interest declaration.
The Human Services Committee on Aug. 25 approved Referral 26-0256 to authorize a contract with UR Medicine Home Care Lisonbee Services Inc., DBA Visiting Nursing Nurse Signature Care, for support of the Nurse Family Partnership program. Legislator Vasquez Simmons moved the item and Legislator Blankley seconded; the committee carried the referral after brief discussion.
During questioning, Legislator Vasquez Simmons asked whether the contract is funded by grant or the operating budget. An administration representative responded, "Through the chair, this is grant funded." A committee member recorded a conflict-of-interest declaration with the clerk: "I would Madam Clerk, I would like to declare my interest in this." The administration told the committee it could "pull together a list of accomplishments and have that ready within the next day or so" to provide outcomes and program metrics.
The transcript contains a vendor name as read into the record that appears garbled in places (transcribed as "UR Medicine Home Care Lisonbee Services Inc, DBA Visiting Nursing Nurse Signature Care"). The committee vote was taken by voice and the clerk recorded the item as carried.
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