DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Vincent Nathan
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing an Agreement with the San Antonio AIDS Foundation for STD/HIV Testing Services
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes an agreement with the San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) in the amount of $30,000.00 for the provision of field testing services in support of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District's STD/HIV 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project for a term beginning October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016 with an option to renew for one additional year.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On January 31, 2013, City Council authorized the submission of six project proposals for consideration and funding through the Texas Medicaid 1115 Waiver's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) funding pool. DSRIP pool payments are available as incentive payments to hospitals and other providers for investments in delivery system reforms that increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of care, and enhance the health of patients and families served.
Project proposals submitted and approved in 2013 represent areas of health priority for the San Antonio community as indicated in the Community Needs Assessment and Metro Health's strategic plan. These include diabetes prevention, children's oral health services, HIV and Syphilis prevention, breastfeeding promotion, teen pregnancy prevention and neighborhood health promotion. One of the metrics associated with Metro Health's STD/HIV 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project includes increasing access to HIV and Syphilis screening and treatment within high risk areas of the community and amongst high risk populations in San Antonio to prevent and control the spread of disease.
In early 2015, Metro Health and the Purchasing Division of the Finance Department developed a Request for Proposals ("RFP") for HIV and Syphilis Testing Services to assist Metro Health's STD/HIV Program with accomp...
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