Metzler et al. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. et al.

II. MODEL FACILITIES

5. Kaiser will designate the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco, California and the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Riverside, California as "Model Facilities." In addition to being the starting point for architectural-barrier and inaccessible-medical-equipment surveys, barrier removal, and accessible-medical-equipment installation, the model facilities will serve as laboratories for the development of effective policies, procedures, and programs to increase access and improve the delivery of health services for people with disabilities throughout Kaiser’s health care system in California. At the model facilities, during a pilot period, running from the effective date of this Agreement until July 1, 2002, Kaiser, with the assistance of Plaintiffs’ Counsel and the Access Policy Consultant(s) and/or work group(s) provided for herein, will explore how Kaiser can better provide and manage care for people with disabilities. Thereafter, effective aspects of the model programs will be replicated throughout Kaiser’s California system. The development of these pilot programs at the model facilities will not preclude systemwide implementation of improved policies, procedures, and programs that should be put in place more quickly and that do not require initial study at the model facilities.