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HomeMy WebLinkAbout110915_ca03615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 www. Jefferso n C ou ntyPu bl i c Health.o rg Consent Agenda Oct. 21, 2015 JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners Philip Morley, County Administrator FROM: Jean Baldwin, Director Julia Danskin, Public Health Supervisor DATE: SUBJECT: Agenda Item – Olympic Educational Service District 114 (OESD 114) School Nurse Asthma Case Management; October 1, 2015—May 20, 2016; $6,639.00 STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) requests Board approval of the OESD 114 School Nurse Asthma Case Management; October 1, 2015 – May 20, 2016; $6,639.00 ANALYSIS/ STRATEGIC GOALS/PRO'S and CON'S: OESD 114 contracts JCPH to provide one registered nurse to identify and support students with a history of asthma as identified by the school nurse. The main objective is to assess and support health and school performance, specifically measuring absenteeism, math, and reading scores over the school year. JCPH nurse will provide physical, emotional, and disease-specific training and seek student's family support. JCPH nurse will also help identify students with asthma to district school nurse for health plan creation. The OESD 114 will pay JCPH $44.00 per hour for nursing services up to 16 hours monthly not to exceed $5,632., plus mileage and training. This contract extends opportunities to identify students who may be suffering from asthma, identify immunization status, form relationships and partnerships in the community, as well as broaden communication with health providers, community support groups, and other agencies that can further assist in supporting students and families with asthma -specific conditions. FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS: This contract provides $5,632 dollars for nursing services, $127 for mileage, and $880 dollars to offset the cost of two 8 -hour trainings to be held in Tacoma. This is a budget neutral. RECOMMENDATION: JCPH management request approval of OESD 114 School Nurse Asthma Case Management; October I, 2015 – May 20, 2016; $6,639.00. R DB .: Philip corm C alnty Adrginis rator Developmental Disabilities 360-385-9400 Date 360-385-9401 (f) Always working for a safer and healthier community Environmental Health Water Quality 360-385-9444 (f) 360-379-4487 2015-1E School Year Asthma Case Management INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN OLYMPIC EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 114 SCHOOL NURSE CORPS PROGRAM (hereinafter referred to as OESD 114) 105 National Avenue North Bremerton, WA 98312 AND Jefferson County Public Health (hereinafter referred to as Contractor) 615 Sheridan Port Townsend, WA 98368 This agreement is entered into by the School Nurse Corps Program as administered by the Olympic Educational Service District 114 (OESD 114) and Jefferson County Public Health for the purpose of providing nursing services appropriate to the needs of identified students in Chimacum and Port Townsend School District. Jefferson County Public Health agrees to provide registered nurse services to include the following: 1. Identify and support students with history of asthma as identified by school nurse. Activities are consistent with nurse case management of students with chronic health conditions; with main objective to assess and support health and school performance. Specifically measuring absenteeism, math and reading scores from the fall and spring 2015-16 school year. 2. Identified students will receive physical, emotional and disease-specific training by Contractor. Family involvement will be actively sought by Contractor. Contractor will educate school staff r-egarding chronic disease management of asthma and share information that will improve support of student while in school in the absence of direct nursing interventionas needed. 9. Contractor may also help identify students with asthma to district school nurse for health plan creation. 5. Contractor will verify immunization status of student involvement in nurse case management activities. o'. Contractor will also form relationships and partnerships in the community including communication with health care providers, community support groups, and any other agency that can further assist in supporting student and family with asthma -specific condition. 7. Contractor will communicate and collaborate as needed to evaluate interventions with OESD 114 program supervisor. Asthma Case Management JCPH 2015-16 Page 2 8. Contractor will document activities in specified computer program provided by OESD 114 program supervisor. This information will be viewed jointly with the OESD 114 program supervisor and ESD 113 grant support staff. 9. Contractor will maintain monthly Time and Effort. 10.If necessary, Contractor will provide nursing care to identified students according to their health plan. Will communicate intervention to school nurse as needed. 11.Maintain proper liability insurance coverage on all its nursing personnel performing the above -enumerated duties. The Olympic Educational Service District 114 agrees to provide the followings 1. Nurse Contractor will be supervised by the OESD 114 Nursing Program Specialist. 2. Pay Contractor forty-four dollars $44) per hour for nursing services described above for up to sixteen (16)hours monthly, not to exceed $5,632. The period of performance shall be from Oct. 01, 2015 through May 01, 2016. 3. Pay Contractor for mileage incurred to provide these services, not to exceed $127. (This is from Jefferson County Public Health to Chimacum and Port Townsend Schools). 4. Pay Contractor to attend two 8 -hour trainings tentatively in Tacoma including mileage, not to exceed $880. Billing shall be done monthly with a final bill submitted prior to July 30, 2016. Either party upon 30 days advance written notice to the other party may terminate this agreement in whole, or in part. The period of performance for this agreement shall be Oct. 01, 2015 through May 01, 2016 school year. OESD agrees to comply with ail provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and all regulations interpreting or enforcing such act. Each party to this agreement shall be solely responsible for any damage or injury to persons or property resulting from its own negligence or the negligence of its employees, agents or officers, and the cost or expense of defending, including attorney's fees any claim, action, suit or other legal proceeding arising or caused by the allegedly negligent acts and omissions of its employees, agents or officers. The parties acknowledge this paragraph required each of them to hold the other party harmless and indemnify them for the negligent acts and omissions of its employees, agents, or officers. Neither party assumes responsibility to the other party for consequences of acts or omissions of any persons, companies or corporations not party to this agreement. Asthma Case Management JCPH 2015-16 Page 3 IN WITNESS THEREOF, OESD 114 and Contractor have executed this Agreement consisting of three pages. CONTRACTOR The undersigned certifies that he/she is the person duly qualified and authorized to bind the Contractor so identified to the foregoing Agreement and under penalty of perjurv, certifies the Social Security Number or Federal Identification Number provided is correct. OLYMPIC EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 114 Signed this day Signed this _ day of 2015. of , 2.015 Contractor's Signature Greg Lynch, Superintendent OESD USE ONLY $ a APPROVALS: w �- „ �•?: NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST DATE i _ d DEPARTMENT HEAD DATE b Q DIVISION HEAD DATE