fh KAISER PERMANENTE

Kaiser Permanente

Santa Clara Medical Center

Mary Ann Barnes
Sr. Vice President & Area Manager
Linda Schumacher

August 15, 2006

Chief Operating Officer
Bernadette C. Loftus, MD

Honorable James T. Beall, Jr.

Physician-in-Chief

Chairperson, Board of Supervisors
County Government Center
70 West Hedding Street
East Wing,10‘*’ Floor

Valerie McCarthy
Medical Group Administrator

San Jose, California 95110

Dear Chairperson Beall;

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara is pleased to inform you that the County Public Health

Department's HIV/AIDS Testing and Counseling Initiative has been awarded $20,000 to
support establishing new HIV rapid testing sites in the community-based setting.

We applaud County's leadership to launch an aggressive HTV prevention initiative that
supports enhanced testing and counseling services for targeted at-risk populations. Kaiser

Permanente shares the County's vision that the countywide health awareness marketing and
establishment of community based rapid HTV testing sites will not only curb the rise in the

epidemic, but it will also significantly increase the vulnerable population's access to health
education/counseling and testing services.

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara looks forward to our partnership in collectively empowering
our communities to own their health and to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Sincerely,

Mary Ann Barnes

Bernadette Lxiftus, MD

CEO and Area Manager

Physician in Chief

cc: County Supervisor Donald F. Gage,District One
County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado, District Two
County Supervisor Pete McHugh,District Three
County Supervisor, Liz Kniss, District Five
Peter Kutras, Jr., County Executive

Kim Roberts, Acting Executive Director,Santa Qara Valley Health & Hospital System
Dr. Guadalupe Olivas,Director of Public Health,Santa Claxa Valley Health & Hospital System
710 Lawrence Expressway
Santa Clara, California 95051
(408)851-1000

04591.094(REV.6-06)