To: Charles Winfrey, Human Services Committee Chairperson
From: Michelle Estell, Acting Health Officer
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RE: Memorandum of Understanding for Bicillin
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval for Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be used for the purpose of entering into an agreement with partnering organizations in which the Genesee County Health Department will provide the partnering organization with Bicillin.
BACKGROUND:
Local Health Department STI Clinics may provide clinicians in their jurisdiction Benzathine penicillin G (Bicillin) for the treatment of syphilitic infections to administer to their uninsured and underinsured patients and their sex partners per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreement.
DISCUSSION:
Many clinical service providers are not able to administer the recommended treatment for syphilis. With this MOU, GCHD will be able to dispense Billicin to clinicians within Genesee County to ensure timely and proper treatment to those that have a syphilitic infection and to their sex partners. Treatment will not only prevent further progression of the disease, but treatment will also prevent the spread of syphilis to others. GCHD will comply with CDC Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 340B requirements and medication dispensed will be tracked on the clinic’s STD 340B Medication Log. GCHD STI program will continue to work with our Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) when treatment is being coordinated with an outside provider to ensure that treatment is being noted in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS) record. No county appropriation is needed.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
No impact of Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
No impact on budget. Medication is provided for free to GCHD via the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 340B program.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
No impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
No impact on technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Disease treatment promotes healthier residents within Genesee County.
rTO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Acting Health Officer to authorize entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the Genesee County, through the Genesee County Health Department and partnering organizations, for the purposes of providing the medication Bicillin to partnering organizations, at no cost to the County, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the February 21, 2024 meeting of the Human Services Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the MOU on behalf of Genesee County.