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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
221102
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit - U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services and Xavier Becerra - City to
Pay $203,885 - Sole Source Contract for Quality
Improvement Expert - Not to Exceed $3,000,000 -
Waiver of Certain Administrative Code Provisions
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
10/25/2022
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
11/9/2022
Enactment date:
11/9/2022
224-22
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco against
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human
Services for $203,885; and in connection with the settlement agreement, authorizing the Department
of Public Health to enter into a contract with a Quality Improvement Expert without engaging in a
competitive procurement process, and without adhering to specified contract requirements in the
Administrative Code; the lawsuit was filed on August 3, 2022, in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California, Case No. 3:22-cv-4500-WHA; entitled City and County of San
Francisco v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services; the lawsuit involves allegations that defendants violated
the Administrative Procedure Act and the City’s due process rights by deciding to terminate federal
funding for Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center before residents could safely be
transferred to other facilities and before the City’s administrative appeal could be heard.
Sponsors:
Mayor
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Board Pkt 110122, 3. Board Pkt 110822, 4. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
10/25/2022
1
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
11/1/2022
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
11/8/2022
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
11/9/2022
1