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Approve the appointments of Viola Lujan and Aimee Brewer as commissioners to the Partnership HealthPlan of California Commission for a four year term, commencing January 1, 2017 and terminating December 31, 2020
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the appointments of Viola Lujan and Aimee Brewer as commissioners to the Partnership HealthPlan of California Commission for four-year terms, commencing January 1, 2017 and terminating December 31, 2020.
SUMMARY:
Under Welfare and Institutions Code section 14087.54, the Solano County Board of Supervisors (Board) established the Partnership HealthPlan of California Commission (PHC) on Medical Care. The purpose of the commission is to negotiate exclusive contracts with the California Department of Health Care Services and to arrange for the provision of health care services to the qualified uninsured.
Under our governing ordinance, Chapter 7.2, the Board presently appoints four commissioners from the categories set forth in attached Exhibit A to four-year terms. The terms are staggered. The representative from the Solano County Hospitals [Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Solano and North Bay Medical Center] is selected on a rotating basis. Each member remains in office until a successor is selected.
Presently, the terms of the County's four commissioners are: Viola Lujan-Community Health Clinic representative, December 31, 2016; Jeff Gaborko, M.D., Solano County Hospitals representative [Kaiser], December 31, 2016; Lewis Broschard, M.D., Physician representative, December 31, 2018 and Jerry Huber, Director of Health and Social Services Department representative, December 31, 2018.
We request that the Board appoint Viola Lujan, as the Community Health Clinic representative, and Aimee Brewer of North Bay Medical Center, as the Solano County Hospitals represent...
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