Title
[Contract] Designation of the City of Sacramento as a Hybrid Entity under HIPAA and Contract for CalAIM Billing and Administrative Services
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00534
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt 1) a Resolution reauthorizing acceptance of Designation of the City of Sacramento as a Hybrid Entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and rescinding Resolution No. 2024-0276; and 2) a Resolution a) authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a contract with Housing for Health California (HHCA) for billing and administrative services for DCR's participation in the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program; b) authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a related business associate agreement with HHCA as the services include transmitting protected health information; and c) authorizing the City Manager or designee to adjust the revenue and expenditure budgets (Operating Grants, Fund 2702) in the Homeless Housing Initiative (I23001000) multi-year operating project (MYOP) to support homeless-services programs to reflect actual CalAIM reimbursements received.
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Contact
Contact: Brian Pedro, Director, (916) 808-7816, bpedro1@cityofsacramento.org; Tim Swanson, Assistant Director, (916) 808-7923, tswanson@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Community Response
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-HHCA MOU
3-BAA
4-Resolution - Hybrid Entity
5-Resolution - CalAIM Contracts
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Act), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), is a federal law designed to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage, standardize healthcare transactions and implement requirements surrounding health information privacy and security...
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