Final Meeting: Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 2 - 4:30pm at San Francisco City Hall (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place), Room 305. This will be the final meeting of the Health Care Services Master Plan Task Force. The Task Force will focus on finalizing its report and recommendations for consideration by the San Francisco Departments of Public Health and Planning. This meeting is open to the public.
Effective January 2, 2011, San Francisco Ordinance No. 300-10 requires the creation of a Health Care Services Master Plan (HCSMP). The HCSMP is intended to identify the current and projected needs for – and locations of – health care services within San Francisco; the HCSMP will also include recommendations on how to achieve and maintain appropriate distribution of and equitable access to health care services. To inform the HCSMP’s development, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) will convene a HCSMP Task Force whose membership will reflect a broad range of community stakeholders.
Dr. Tomás Aragón, SFDPH Health Officer, and Ms. Roma Guy will co-chair the HCSMP Task Force. The Task Force will:
The HCSMP Task Force members will focus their discussions on access to health care services, with a specific emphasis on underserved populations. A complete HCSMP Task Force roster can be found here.
SFDPH encourages community members to attend any and all HCSMP Task Force meetings – especially those which occur in the member’s home neighborhood. If you are unable to attend Task Force meetings – or if you wish to submit feedback via email – please contact us at: hcsmptf.dph@sfdph.org
Thank you!
Please note that the San Francisco Department of Public Health will make every effort to ensure that all Task Force meetings are accessible to persons in wheelchairs and to persons with other disabilities.
In addition, please note that interpretation services will be available at each neighborhood meeting in both Spanish and Cantonese. Assistive listening devices, materials in alternative formats, American Sign Language, and other accommodations will be made available at all Task Force Meetings upon request. Please contact Darlene Daevu at (415) 255-3426 or darlene.daevu@sfdph.org for these requests. Providing at least 72 hours notice will help to ensure availability. Late requests will be honored if possible.
To assist the City's efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
To maximize opportunities for community engagement, the HCSMP Task Force will meet 10 times between July 2011 and May 2012.Four Task Force meetings will take place in different San Francisco neighborhoods to provide opportunities for public comment. All Issue Meetings – as well as the first and final full Task Force meetings – will take place at San Francisco City Hall. The current Task Force meeting schedule is as follows:
SFDPH will post more detailed meeting information as it becomes available.
NOTE: The neighborhood locations associated with each neighborhood meeting date are tentative and subject to change. (I.e., while the Task Force will meet at each of the identified neighborhood locations, the specific date on which they do so may change.)
All HCSMP Task Force meetings will be open to the public and will allow time for public comment. Individuals wishing to speak during a HCSMP Task Force meeting must complete a Public Comment Sign-Up Card, which will be available at the registration table in advance of each meeting.
In the interest of time, groups of at least 10 people or two organizations with common concerns are encouraged to synthesize their comments and choose one speaker to represent the group. These speakers may sign up to give public comment in advance of the relevant HCSMP Task Force meeting by emailing hcsmptf.dph@sfdph.org. When emailing your group’s public comment request, please include all of the following:
NOTE: A group’s selected representative may provide public comment even if s/he does not contact SFDPH in advance.
HCSMP TF Agenda (July 27, 2011)
HCSMP TF Agenda (September 22, 2011)
HCSMP TF Agenda (December 3, 2011)
HCSMP TF Agenda (January 26, 2012)
Issue Meeting 1 Agenda: Health Reform + 1115 Waiver (October 27, 2011)
Issue Meeting 2 Agenda: Health Care Finance (December 22, 2011)
Issue Meeting 3 Agenda: Health Information Technology (HIT) + Innovation (February 23, 2012)
Issue Meeting 4 Agenda: Connectivity (April 26, 2012)
