Proposal

Information

Fund: Contingent on receipt of HRSA grant.     Amount: $40,000.    These funds were not anticipated for the 2021 County Fiscal Year.

Type: Deliberation

Department: PHSS - Public Health & Social Services

Directors' Update: Dec. 16, 2020

Business Meeting: Dec. 21, 2020

Summary:

Memorandum of Understanding, between Lewis County and Valley View Health Center and Cascade Community Healthcare to recruit, review, and select Primary Care and Specialist Providers upon receipt of HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program funding.

Publications:

Cover Letter To: Galeon Spradley: gspradley@vvhc.org Richard Stride: strider@cascadementalhealth.org

Additional Copies To: Sandi Andrus, Sara Sons, Stacey Loflin, Suzette Smith, Kaity Nissell, Michelle Sauter, Michelle Sabin

Resolution

Wording/In the matter of:

APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN VALLEY VIEW HEALTH CENTER, CASCADE COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE AND LEWIS COUNTY TO DEVELOP A CONSORTIUM

Resolution Number: 20-465

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), Lewis County, Washington, has reviewed the Memorandum of Understanding between Lewis County and Valley View Health Center and Cascade Community Healthcare to recruit, review, and select Primary Care and Specialist Providers upon receipt of HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program funding; and

WHEREAS, the MOU will last May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2025, in the amount of $40,000; and

WHEREAS, it appears to be in the best public interest to authorize the execution of said contract for Lewis County.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the MOU between Lewis County, Valley View Health Center, and Cascade Community Healthcare in the amount of $40,000 from May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2025, is hereby approved and the Director of Public Health & Social Services is authorized to sign the same.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 21st day of December, 2020.