Joint Board of Health and Hospitals - October 15, 2026

The City of St. Louis Joint Board of Health and Hospitals met on October 15, 2026. The Board approved the September 17 meeting minutes. Procurement-related updates included notice of an active, unspecified RFP; members may be involved in upcoming strategic-planning meetings and processes. The Health Director also said city agencies were soliciting and arranging shelter contracts for winter, with the Health Department focused on health and sanitation at the shelters. No vendor, contract value, award, or procurement vote was identified. The Community Engagement Committee reported that additional COVID-19 vaccine doses had been ordered and were on the way, but no purchase amount was provided.

The meeting also covered the Health Department’s third-quarter activities, seasonal vaccination and respiratory-illness outreach, emergency preparedness, and Medicaid coverage changes. A guest presentation described Medicaid enrollment declines and potential impacts on children and residents. The Board noted a December deadline for the department’s five-year report and scheduled its next meeting for November 19, 2026.