The announcement came Wednesday in the form of an e-mailed press release.
“Thousands of Coastside residents depended on that clinic for themselves and their families,” said Horsley, the former Sheriff of San Mateo County, in a prepared release. “I am scheduling this study session to explore the process of annexation of coastal communities into the Sequoia Healthcare District so that the District can find a permanent solution to funding this vitally needed healthcare resource.”
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The release said the focus will include the scope of services, target population and cost of funding the healthcare services previously offered at the clinic and the process of annexation. County LAFCo officials will be asked to testify on procedures for annexation to the Sequoia Health Care District, and the formation of a benefit assessment district and their respective timelines and ramifications.
Horsley will reportedly seek approval from the Healthcare board to hire a consultant to advise on the various funding mechanisms available to fund the clinic with or without annexation, including negotiations with impacted local governmental entities, parcel taxes, benefit assessment districts or other means to be identified.
“This Clinic served 8,000 Coastside residents, the vast majority with private insurance. Now those patients are traveling to Daly City, Redwood City or Burlingame for services they previously received in their own community,” said Horsley in the release. “I want to explore ways to find a permanent and lasting solution to this problem. It’s not right what’s happened and I want to see if we can fix it.”
Horsley said he will ask the Sequoia Board to schedule the study session during the upcoming summer months when all the board members can be present and the public can be given enough notice to attend the session.
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