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For purposes of this Chapter 104:
"City" means the City and County of San Francisco.
"Client" means an individual who seeks or receives Direct Services from a Covered Department, Contractor, or Grantee.
"Contract" means any agreement between a Covered Department and a Person to provide Direct Services on behalf of the City for a price to be paid out of monies deposited in the City Treasury or out of trust monies under the control of or collected by the City, but excluding agreements for a cumulative amount of $50,000 or less per vendor in each fiscal year.
"Contractor" means a Person who enters into a Contract with a Covered Department.
“Covered Department” means the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Disability and Aging Services, the Department of Children, Youth and their Families, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development.
"Demographic Information" means information about an individual's gender, race, or ethnicity.
"Direct Services" means services intended to assist Clients to access health care, temporary shelter, transitional housing, supportive housing, permanent housing, employment, vocational training, public assistance, or counseling. "Direct Services" does not include licensing, permitting, or other administrative or business functions undertaken by Covered Departments, Contractors, or Grantees.
"Gender Identity" has the meaning set forth in Section 3304.1(c) of the Police Code.
"Grant" means any agreement between a Covered Department and a nonprofit entity to provide Direct Services to the public or a portion of the public, whether the agreement is funded by the City or by Federal or State grant funds, but excluding grants where the award amount is less than $50,000 per vendor in each fiscal year.
"Grantee" means a Person who receives a Grant from a Covered Department.
"LGBT" means lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company, or other legal entity.
“Sexual orientation” has the meaning set forth in Section (c) of the Labor and Employment Code.
(a) Starting July 1, 2017, when, in the course of providing Direct Services, a Covered Department collects and records Demographic Information from Clients, the Covered Department shall seek to collect and record information about Clients' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) Starting July 1, 2017, when, in the course of providing Direct Services, a Contractor or Grantee is required by the terms of the Contract or Grant to collect and record Demographic Information from Clients, the Contractor or Grantee shall seek to collect and record information about Clients' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, in accordance with subsection (c), and shall report such data to the Covered Department that is party to the Contract or Grant, in the manner and frequency as determined by that Covered Department.
(c) In seeking to collect information about Clients' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Covered Departments, Contractors, and Grantees shall:
(1) communicate to Clients that the provision of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity information is voluntary, and no Direct Services shall be denied to Clients who decline to provide that information;
(2) solicit Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation data using questions and approaches consistent with the Department of Public Health's Policies and Procedures entitled "Sexual Orientation Guidelines: Principles for Collecting, Coding, and Reporting Identity Data," reissued on September 2, 2014, and "Sex and Gender Guidelines: Principles for Collecting, Coding, and Reporting Identity Data," reissued on September 2, 2014, or any successor Policies and Procedures; and
(3) advise Clients that they will protect personally identifiable information regarding Clients' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from unauthorized disclosure, to the extent permitted by law.
(d) Each Covered Department shall instruct its staff, Contractors, and Grantees who provide Direct Services in the requirements of this Chapter 104 and in the strategies for data collection, coding, and reporting set forth in the Department of Public Health's Policies and Procedures referenced in subsection (c)(2), above.
Covered Departments, Contractors, and Grantees shall protect personally identifiable information regarding Clients' Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity from unauthorized disclosure, to the extent permitted by law and as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the California Medical Information Act, Article 1 of the California Constitution, the California Health and Safety Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, the California Welfare and Institutions Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any other applicable provision of federal or state law.
(Added by Ord. 159-16, File No. 160362, App. 8/4/2016, Eff. 9/3/2016)
(a) Covered Departments shall include in all Contracts and Grants that impose an obligation within the scope of services to collect Demographic Information, a provision requiring compliance with this Chapter 104.
(b) This Chapter 104 is intended to have prospective effect only, and shall not be interpreted to impair the obligations of any Contract or Grant existing on the effective date of this Chapter.
(c) Any violation of this Chapter 104 shall be deemed a material breach of the Contract or Grant, and the City may pursue all rights or remedies available to the City under the Contract or Grant, including but not limited to the right to terminate the Contract or Grant.
(Added by Ord. 159-16, File No. 160362, App. 8/4/2016, Eff. 9/3/2016)
(a) The provisions of Chapter 104 shall not apply to the extent that they are incompatible with any professionally reasonable clinical judgment that is based on articulable facts of clinical significance.
(b) A Covered Department, with the approval of the City Administrator, may waive the requirements of this Chapter 104 in full or in part if the Covered Department determines that strict application of the requirements would not be feasible, would create an undue hardship, or that there are similar circumstances that warrant granting of the waiver. The Covered Department's decision to grant a waiver shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. But, unless the entirety of Chapter 104 is waived, there can be no waiver of Sections 104.3(c) and 104.4.
(c) Some or all of the provisions of this Chapter 104 shall not apply where the Covered Department makes a written finding that the application or inclusion of such provisions would violate or be inconsistent with the terms or conditions of a grant, subvention, or contract with an agency of the State of California or the United States or the instructions of an authorized representative of any such agency with respect to any such grant, subvention, or contract.
(Added by Ord. 159-16, File No. 160362, App. 8/4/2016, Eff. 9/3/2016)
The City Administrator may adopt rules, regulations, or guidelines for the implementation of this Chapter 104.
(Added by Ord. 159-16, File No. 160362, App. 8/4/2016, Eff. 9/3/2016)
(a) The City Administrator shall monitor the City's compliance with this Chapter 104.
(b) By no later than July 1, 2017, each Covered Department shall submit to the City Administrator a Compliance Plan that includes the following information, and any other information the City Administrator deems relevant to assessing implementation of and compliance with this Chapter:
(1) a description of the Covered Department's efforts to update its electronic data storage systems (i.e., databases) so that they are capable of securely storing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity data;
(2) a description of the Covered Department's efforts to revise any forms used to collect demographic information so that they are capable of collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity data; and
(3) a description of the Covered Department's efforts and plans to instruct staff, Contractors, and Grantees in the requirements of this Chapter 104.
(c) By July 15, 2018, and each July 15 thereafter, each Covered Department shall annually submit to the City Administrator a Report that:
(1) analyzes the data collected under this Chapter 104 by the Covered Department, its Contractors, and Grantees;
(2) identifies any Direct Services programs operated by the Covered Department, its Contractors, or Grantees, where the data demonstrate that LGBT individuals are underrepresented or underserved; and
(3) describes the steps the Covered Department and its Contractors and Grantees will take to make the programs identified in subsection 104.8(c)(2) more accessible to LGBT individuals who are eligible for those services.
(Added by Ord. 159-16, File No. 160362, App. 8/4/2016, Eff. 9/3/2016)
In enacting and implementing this Chapter 104, the City is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.
(Added by Ord. 159-16, File No. 160362, App. 8/4/2016, Eff. 9/3/2016)