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Approve an updated Federally Qualified Health Center Co-Applicant Agreement with the Solano County Community Healthcare Board in accordance with the Health Resources and Services Administration guidelines
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve an updated Federally Qualified Health Center Co-Applicant Agreement with the Solano County Community Healthcare Board in accordance with the Health Resources and Services Administration guidelines.
SUMMARY:
In 2004, Health and Social Services (H&SS) received a federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program and became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) under a Public Services Act 330(h) designation. This designation permitted the County's Family Health Services (FHS) clinics to provide services to homeless individuals and also concurrently limited Solano County's authority to provide clinical services to non-homeless individuals. In 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved an expansion of the FQHC designation and authorized H&SS to pursue federal qualification of its clinics as a Community Health Center with 330(e) grant designation under 42 U.S.C. ?1395x(aa) (3), including the establishment of a co-applicant Community Healthcare Board (CHB) to provide oversight of the FQHC clinics in accordance with the HRSA requirements.
The CHB was formed in 2015, and H&SS is now requesting that the Board of Supervisors approve the 2024 FQHC Co-Applicant Agreement (Attachment A), which has been updated from its last revision in 2023 in accordance with recent HRSA audit instructions, to better define the role of each party in the governance of the FQHC Community Health Care Centers in Solano County. With the execution of the updated HRSA-compliant agre...
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