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7.39.
Regular City Council Meeting
Meeting Date:
09/14/2021
Information
Agenda Item
Resolution - Public Health Services:
Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a StarCare Specialty Health System Memorandum of Understanding - Outreach, Screening, Assessment, and Referral, by and between the City of Lubbock through the City of Lubbock Health Department, and StarCare Specialty Health System, to participate in an interagency collaborative effort to meet the specific needs of the priority population, including serving as an essential link between prevention, intervention, and treatment services within the community.
Item Summary
This agreement will provide the City of Lubbock Health Department the opportunity to work with individuals and to assist them by ensuring they are receiving needed care through referrals to StarCare Specialty Health System. Through this agreement, the Health Department will provide 3 of the 10 Essential Public Health Services.
These 3 services include:
1) Informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues;
2) Linking people to needed personal health services; and
3) Mobilizing community partnerships and acting to identify and solve health problems.
Fiscal Impact
None
Staff/Board Recommending
Bill Howerton, Deputy City Manager
Katherine Wells, Director of Public Health
Attachments
Resolution - MOU with StarCare
MOU - StarCare
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