REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
May 24, 2022
FROM
JOSHUA DUGAS, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT
Title
Non-Financial Data Access Agreement with the California Department of Public Health for use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange System Interface Known as Snowflake
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve non-financial data access agreement with the California Department of Public Health to allow access to the Snowflake Interface for the use of a data set combining particular data elements specific to COVID-19 from the California Immunization Registries and California Reportable Disease Information Exchange System by San Bernardino County, for the period of May 24, 2022 through May 23, 2024.
(Presenter: Joshua Dugas, Director, 387-9146)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The recommended agreement is non-financial in nature and as such, does not impact Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The recommended non-financial data access agreement (Agreement) with the California Department of Public Health, Division of Communicable Disease Control (State) will provide the Department of Public Health (DPH) with access to the Snowflake Interface, used to access California Immunization Registries (CAIR2), with access to California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system, concurrently. The CAIR2 system is a system available to health care providers to access vaccination data. The CalREDIE system, the State’s communicable disease reporting and surveillance system of record, is utilized by state and local public health officials and healthcare providers. DPH currently has access to both databases independently. The Snowflake platform is an interface which will assist DPH in data querying by having a single point of information access to CalREDIE and CAIR2. The Agreement outlines requirements between the State and San Bernardino County in order to protect privacy and provide security for all CalREDIE and CAIR2 data in compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws.
CAIR and CalREDIE System Data refers to data in the state-wide reportable disease database that is supported and maintained by the State including demographic and epidemiologic statistics. The data collected includes information contained in, or derived from, Confidential Morbidity Reports: laboratory tests results, and administrative information on reportable diseases collected for the purposes of case investigation, disease prevention, and surveillance.
The CalREDIE System, Data Use and Disclosure Agreement between the State and DPH has been in effect since 2018, and the administrative information collected on reportable diseases have been utilized to combat health outbreaks like COVID-19 in San Bernardino County.
PROCUREMENT
Not Applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by Human Services Contracts (Patty Steven, Contracts Manager, 388-0241) on May 3, 2022; County Counsel (Adam Ebright, Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on May 4, 2022; Finance (Paul Garcia, Administrative Analyst, 386-8392) on May 3, 2022; and County Finance and Administration (Cheryl Adams, Deputy Executive Officer, 388-0238) on May 10, 2022.