Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Health District Agreement Pursuant to the authority of Chapter 121 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, thereby creating the Lubbock County Health District.
Item Summary
The agreement allows for the formation of a joint Public Health District between the City of Lubbock and Lubbock County. The City of Lubbock will establish and maintain the district at the direction of the Health District Director. All employees of the Public Health Department will be City employees. This simply expands the services offered by the Public Health Department to the remainder of Lubbock County. The initial term of this Agreement is for five (5) years. The Agreement may be extended for successive five (5) year terms, not to exceed twenty (20) years. Lubbock County will pay the City a one time, lump sum amount of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand and no/100 dollars ($3,500,000). These funds will come from the County's allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
The Health District shall provide the ten (10) essential public Health functions identified in Section 121.002 of the Texas Health and Safety Code ("Services"): 1. monitor the health status of individuals in the community to identify community health problems; 2. diagnose and investigate community health problems and community health hazards; 3. inform, educate, and empower the community with respect to health issues; 4. mobilize community partnerships in identifying and solving community health problems; 5. develop policies and plans that support individual and community efforts to improve health; 6. enforce laws and rules that protect the public health and ensure safety in accordance with those laws and rules; 7. link individuals who have a need for community and personal health services to appropriate community and private providers; 8. ensure a competent workforce for the provision of essential public health services; 9. research new insights and innovative solutions to community health problems; and 10. evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services in a community.
Fiscal Impact
The County will pay the City $3,500,000 from their ARPA allocation.