Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Jackie Speier, District 1
Supervisor Ray Mueller, District 3
Subject: Appointments to the San Mateo Health Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for appointments to the San Mateo Health Commission:
A) Amira Elbeshbeshy, representing Public At-Large member, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2025; and
B) Shabnam Gaskari, Pharmacist, for an initial term ending December 31, 2028.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo Health Commission negotiates exclusive contracts with the California Department of Health Care Services to arrange for the provision of health care services to qualifying individuals.
DISCUSSION:
Amira Elbeshbeshy is being recommended to serve an existing partial term ending December 31, 2025 on a seat vacated mid-term due to the untimely passing of Barbara Miao. Shabnam Gaskari is being recommended to serve representing as Pharmacist member, a seat formerly held by George Pon who resigned in December 2024. Upon approval, Shabnam's term would end December 31, 2028.
Amira Elbeshbeshy is the Director of the Health Consumer Center at the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County which exclusively serves San Mateo County residents. The vast majority of their clients are Medi-Cal or dual Medi-Cal/Medicare beneficiaries enrolled with Health Plan of San Mateo. In this role she helps low-income San Mateo residents navigate the maze of the current healthcare system.
Ms. Elbeshbeshy has served on the Community Advisory Committee (formerly the Consumer Advisory Committee) of the San Mateo Health Commission since 2021 and has provided free direct legal services working closely with the Health Plan of San Mateo providing public education and community outreach for health consumers and community-based organizations.
Shabnam Gaskari, PharmD, BCPPS is currently a Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist, and...
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