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Article 1. Creation and Organization of the Los Angeles City Health Commission.
(a) The Los Angeles City Health Commission (the “Commission”) is hereby created within the government of the City of Los Angeles (the “City”).
(b) The Commission is composed of fifteen (15) members. Each member of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles (the “City Council”) shall appoint one member of the Commission, who shall serve as a Commission member, without compensation, for a term of one year.
(c) The Commission shall be staffed and funded at a level necessary to fulfill the functions and requirements of the Commission.
(d) The General Fund of the City shall not be obligated to finance any cost or expenses associated with the operation or management of the City Health Commission. However, nothing shall preclude the City Council, with the approval of the Mayor, from appropriating funds for such purposes to the City Health Commission.
(e) The Commission’s operations shall be governed by such rules and procedures as the members of the Commission shall adopt and as required by law.
SECTION HISTORY
Chapter and Section Added by Ord. No. 183,093, Eff. 7-12-14.
Amended by: Subsec. (d), Ord. No. 183,500, Eff. 5-20-15.
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.
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