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Article 2. Duties of the Commission.
(a) The Commission is empowered to and shall:
(1) Cause one or more Commission members or Commission staff members to attend all meetings, hearings, working sessions, and other events held or conducted by any and all governmental bodies, agencies, or entities of the County of Los Angeles (the “County”) that formulate, debate, enact, and/or implement health policies or actions, unless otherwise prohibited by law. The City will request representation by Commission members on all relevant Los Angeles County bodies dealing with health policy where the City is not already represented on that body.
(2) Publish an annual health services plan, setting forth health information, including but not limited to, the health needs of the City, specific goals for improving health in the City, and a strategic plan to achieve those goals. The City Council shall consider and respond to the Commission’s annual health services plan in a public meeting to which the Commission members and Commission staff shall be invited.
(3) Prepare and present a report, twice yearly, to the City Council evaluating the City’s progress toward meeting its health goals as set forth in the Commission's annual health services plan.
(4) Review, on an annual basis, a representative sample of health services contracts executed by the County which provide health services in the City. The Commission shall report to the City Council whether these contracts maximize: (i) the quality and quantity of health services in the City, (ii) competition in the delivery of health services in the City, including maximizing competitive bidding for health service contracts, and (iii) efficiency and cost effectiveness in the delivery of health services. If the Commission finds that the contracts do not maximize these criteria, it will make recommendations to the City and the County as to how these contracts may be drafted or amended in the future to better fulfill these criteria.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 183,093, Eff. 7-12-14.
Article 3. The City Council's Annual Health Services Evaluation.
The City Council shall evaluate, on an annual basis, whether the health needs of its residents are best served by continuing to contract with the County to satisfy such health needs. The Council shall, at such time as it deems appropriate, study and publicly report on the feasibility of returning to an independent City health department, which it had until 1964, such as those in the cities of Long Beach, Pasadena, Vernon, and Berkeley, instead of continuing to contract with the County to satisfy such health needs.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 183,093, Eff. 7-12-14.