
Standards and Best Practices Committee
The SBP Committee is charged with the following responsibilities:
- Working with DHSP and other bodies to develop and implement a quality management plan and subsequent operationalization.
- Identifying, reviewing, developing and evaluating HIV standards of prevention and care.
- Promoting the health and optimizing the quality of life for all persons infected by HIV and their caregivers and families through the adoption and implementation of “best practices”.
- Ensuring that the basic level of care throughout Los Angeles County is consistent in both comprehensiveness and quality through the development, implementation and use of outcomes.
- Monitoring practices regarding and responding to service system grievances.
- Evaluating and assessing service effectiveness of HIV/AIDS service delivery in Los Angeles County.
- Adapting standards into tools that can be used by consumers and providers to assess the appropriateness of services being provided.
- Verifying system compliance with standards by reviewing contract templates and RFPs.
- Other duties as assigned by the Commission or the Board of Supervisors.