Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Erica Lee Carter, County Administrator
Secondary Department: Harris Health System
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Esmaeil Porsa, President and CEO
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): ARPA_HHGILAB
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MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): n/a
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration for approval of an amendment to an interlocal subrecipient agreement with the Harris County Hospital District, dba Harris Health System, to adjust budget categories and indirect costs with no increase in the total contract amount.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris Health’s outpatient gastroenterology lab at Quentin Mease creates additional capacity for colonoscopy procedures. By increasing service capacity, it is the goal of Harris Health to reduce the number of colorectal cancer diagnoses through prevention, and to reduce the severity of colorectal cancer diagnoses provided to patients (i.e., Stage I verses Stage IV). This new location will improve appointment availability at a central location in Harris County. It is also directly on a bus route, making access easier and minimizing transportation burdens for those patients without personal transportation. Further efforts at minimizing cultural barriers related to cancer screening include efforts by Harris Health’s primary care physicians and other clinical staff to proactively identify at risk patients and provide compelling dialogue that encourages screening according to established guidelines.
This amendment will adjust the budget categories and include indirect cost reimbursement for the entirety of the contract terms with no increase to the total contract amount.
Expected Impact:
This amendment would ensure allocated funds are spent by the expenditure deadline of December 31, 2026, for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF).
Alternative Options:
No adjustments in the budget.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: O: Increase access to quality health care, including preventive and behavioral health.
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Health Initiative (Goal 4): O4: Increase community health care capacity.
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Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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11/15/2022 |
19 |
Approval to allocate $45,000,000 in ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to the Harris Health System |
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9/12/2023 |
1 |
Approval to reduce allocation of ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to the Harris Health System to $9,500,000 |
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12/19/2023 |
363 |
Approval of interlocal agreement with Harris Health System to open an outpatient gastroenterology lab at Quentin Mease Health with $8,998,327 in ARPA Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. |
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2/6/2025 |
16 |
Amendment to update the Indirect Cost Rate, the budget contained in Exhibit A, and the Federal Award Identification Table contained in Exhibit E for the period of December 19, 2025 - December 31, 2026, with no increase in the total contract amount. |
Location:
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 6/11/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Romeo Solis, ARPA PMO Director, Office of County Administration; Aimee Schultze, ARPA PMO Manager - Health, Office of County Administration
Attachments (if applicable): Amendment to Quentin Mease GI Lab Interlocal Agreement