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a. Authorize Access Support Network (ASN), pursuant to RFP No. 105723, under California Health & Safety Code Section 121349.1 to operate under the Public Health Bureau's oversight and pursuant to all applicable local, state, and federal laws, a Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) within Monterey County; and
b. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to sign a Standard Agreement with Access Support Network (ASN) for the Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) services to clients who are eighteen (18) years or older, pursuant to RFP No. 105723, for the period of November 15, 2016 to June 30, 2018.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize Access Support Network (ASN), pursuant to RFP No. 105723, under California Health & Safety Code Section 121349.1 to operate under the Public Health Bureau's oversight and pursuant to all applicable local, state, and federal laws, a Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) within Monterey County; and
b. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to sign a Standard Agreement with Access Support Network (ASN) for the Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) services to clients who are eighteen (18) years or older, pursuant to RFP No. 105723, for the period of November 15, 2016 to June 30, 2018.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
California Assembly Bills 547, 110 and 604, chaptered into Health and Safety Code (HSC), allow counties to authorize a syringe exchange program. The goals of a county syringe exchange program are to minimize the risk of disease transmission within the injection drug using community, to facilitate enrollment of individuals into drug and alcohol treatment programs, and to promote the safe storage and proper disposal of used needles and syringes. Monterey County Board of Supervisors first authorized syringe exchange on December 20, 1994. Syringe exchange programs operated in Monterey County until June 2015...
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