Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health received funds for the Ending the HIV Epidemic services grant program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) services grant program will contract with The Ohio State University to provide and conduct HIV counseling, testing, and referral (CTR) at emergency departments and urgent care facilities associated with The Ohio State University that are likely to have a high incidence of positive tests.
The purpose of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) grant program is to focus resources in jurisdictions with substantial HIV burden to implement strategies, interventions, approaches, and core medical and support services to reduce new HIV infections in the United States. The overarching goal for this initiative is to reduce new HIV infections in the United States to less than 3,000 per year by 2030.
Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) services grant program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and to meet grant deliverables required by the grantor to avoid forfeiture of future funds.
FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is funded entirely by a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This grant does not generate revenue nor require a city match.
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To authorize the Board of Health to enter into contract with The Ohio State University for HIV screening services at emergency departments and urgent care sites associated with The Ohio State University for the period August 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024; to authorize the expenditure of $208,333.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($208,333.00)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure continued services provisions under the program, it is necessary to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University for HIV screening services at emergency departments and urgent care sites associated with The Ohio State University; and
WHEREAS, the contract period is August 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University to ensure the continued operation of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) services grant program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and to meet grant deliverables required by the grantor to avoid forfeiture of future funds, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University for HIV screening services under the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) services grant program, for the period of August 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $208,333.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, Department No. 50, Division 5001, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.