Department: Public Health Services
Department Head/Elected Official: Barbie L. Robinson, MPP, JD, CHC, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable):
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Children's Health Plan, Inc.
MWDBE Participation (if applicable): N/A
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a Data Usage Agreement (DUA), a Master Services Agreement (MSA), and a Statement of Work (SOW) between Harris County and Texas Children's Health Plan, Inc. effective October 01, 2021 until October 31, 2022.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Public Health Asthma Program is collaborating with the Texas Children Health Plan to provide asthma education and home assessment and modification services to Texas Children Health Plan members. This contract will enable the sharing of information about individuals suffering from asthma. Additionally, this will allow the asthma program to expand its programmatic outreach and ultimately fulfill its goals to provide services and improve the health of Harris County children and adolescents with moderate to severe asthma. This DUA will be renewable on an annual basis. Included in the DUA is $21,000 total expenditures allotted to provide home assessments and modifications supplies for 60 Texas Children Health Plan members over the course of 12 months.
Expected Impact:
The benefit of approving this contract with Texas Children Health Plan is to expand the services that the HCPH Asthma program provides to Harris county residents. The HCPH Asthma program seeks to equip children and adolescents in Harris County with the knowledge and skills to successfully manage their asthma, to reduce asthma triggers in the home, and to encourage physical activity to promote healthy living. With this contract, the program plans to provide asthma education and home assessment and modification services to Texas Children He...
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