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Approve and Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A-14311 ("Agreement") with California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) to extend the term for an additional six (6) months, for a revised term of May 21, 2019 through June 30, 2021 and to increase the contract by $274,925 for a new agreement total of $662,445 for legal services to patients of the Clinic Services Bureau to address social determinants of health.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and Authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to sign Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A-14311 ("Agreement") with California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) to extend the term for an additional six (6) months, for a revised term of May 21, 2019 through June 30, 2021 and to increase the contract by $274,925 for a new agreement total of $662,445 for legal services to patients of the Clinic Services Bureau to address social determinants of health.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Health Department Clinic Services Bureau (Clinic Services) operates ten community clinic sites designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) which provide preventive, primary, and specialty medical care services.
As health care systems continue to gain depth as patient centered medical homes for patients, primary care providers are incorporating legal services on-site. CRLA is a non-profit legal service program created to help low-income individuals and communities throughout California. In December 2017, CRLA started providing on-site legal services to County patients at the Alisal Health Center clinic and has expanded its services to three different sites, has added two more attorneys. Services are provided at no cost to help patients address a wide variety of legal issues facing them which can adversely affect their ability to improve their h...
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